Chizuru thinks for sure that he's going to follow up that beginning with something along the lines of And now I've caught her and I won't be letting her go, so it surprises her when he finishes it the way he does. Her eyebrows knit together and she brings a hand up to fiddle with her necklace again - subconsciously; she clearly doesn't realize she's doing it. Her eyes are locked on him, even as he looks over at her father.

Why marry someone if you're not sure they're the person you want to spend the rest of your life with? That just seems too sad to her. She can't help but think that Hijikata deserves better.

(It occurs to her a few seconds later that she should probably wonder why she's so concerned with what he does and doesn't deserve, and how she would even determine what it is he deserves, anyway, but his question takes precedence.)

"I'm glad I came. It gave me the chance to see you again." The words come out quickly - it's only after she's spoken them that she realizes she's said it out loud. Now she looks away from him, so that she can duck her head and attempt to hide the blush on her cheeks. "...that is, um..."