She glanced up at Terra, then down at Ven. Their expressions made her heart ache.

"It's alright. Really. It's nothing," she found herself saying and instantly regretted. Lying to them hurt, but the thought of telling them was even worse. She just wasn't ready to. Aqua wasn't even sure she could get the words out, even if she tried. She felt like she needed to first answer some of her own questions; she needed to find Xemnas and figure out what had happened to Terra's heart.

Aqua attempted to smile at them, trying to show them she was okay. She really was happy to see them both, after all. That was no mask.