Chizuru's eyes go wide when his hands close around her own, and she can feel the heat pooling in her cheeks. Her first instinct is to look away and keep looking away, but when he speaks, she feels compelled to look into his eyes.
His words are so sincere, and his smile... it makes her heart skip a beat, and he lets go just in time for her to bring her hands back to lightly put one over her chest as she tries to force herself to calm down. She smiles - that he's gone out of his way to say something so encouraging is so kind of him, and she can't repay that kindness with just being flustered.
"Thank you, Hijikata-san... for your encouragement."
But then she sits up with a start when he says that she doesn't need to feel like she has to stick around. "Ah...! No, no... I... It's not that I would rather be doing something else." She smiles faintly. "But, although I didn't want to be a bother to you, while you were looking over your papers... I've enjoyed getting to speak with you."
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His words are so sincere, and his smile... it makes her heart skip a beat, and he lets go just in time for her to bring her hands back to lightly put one over her chest as she tries to force herself to calm down. She smiles - that he's gone out of his way to say something so encouraging is so kind of him, and she can't repay that kindness with just being flustered.
"Thank you, Hijikata-san... for your encouragement."
But then she sits up with a start when he says that she doesn't need to feel like she has to stick around. "Ah...! No, no... I... It's not that I would rather be doing something else." She smiles faintly. "But, although I didn't want to be a bother to you, while you were looking over your papers... I've enjoyed getting to speak with you."