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Hajime Hinata
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Oh, um...

[ It's strange. Now that some of her immediate giddiness is winding down, she finds that a little nervousness is taking its place. She's used to being nervous, of course, but this is Hinata—she's gotten so much more comfortable with him over the past couple of months that she's over most of that by now.

It's just that they haven't gotten to talk much since the, um... moment on the train, and now she feels suddenly aware of that fact. And so she looks away, suddenly a little shy. ]

I-I got a bow. It looks like it shoots l-lightning. How about you?

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[Hinata is rather concerned by the sudden change in mood. He doesn't think he said anything to warrant her getting nervous... did he? This is like how she acted towards him when they didn't know each other as well...]

I got a shield that can produce a mana barrier to block attacks. Not much of a weapon, but it'll be useful for defense, at least... [No, he's not yet aware of the consequences of using that barrier. Oops.]

Um, is something wrong?

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H-Huh? Um...

[ She looks away, which... makes it very obvious that something's up, since Sakura is terrible at hiding anything from anyone. Maybe she should just come out and say it... but she doesn't want to make things awkward either, especially since he's really treating her like nothing happened! That's what she wants... isn't it? ]

I-I was just thinking about... the train. It would've been different if we'd had this kind of power before, wouldn't it?

[ Maybe... she could've helped more people. ]

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[Yeah, no offense Sakura, but you're an even worse liar than Hinata is..... and he's a pretty shitty liar himself.]

Well yeah, but... is that really all you're thinking about? You can tell me if something's bothering you.

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[ Look... she's just an honest person!! Which is why she really can't try to change the subject now. ]

Well, um... i-it's not bothering me. I'm just worried... [ She can feel her face getting hot, just thinking about... ]

I didn't mess anything up, did I? O-On the train.

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[Oh, right.... that.... of course she's thinking about that. Hinata had pushed it into the back of his mind himself, but now that he's thinking about it too, a blush starts to creep up on his face.]

Oh, n-no, not at all! I know you only did that to save me... I only reacted that way because, well... I wasn't expecting to wake up to something like that.

[It was such a heated, passionate kiss... completely different from the kiss he had shared with Setsuna just a few hours prior. But he's sure it was just because Sakura was desperate to wake him up before the Noir soldiers broke into the safe car. There's no way she'd ever kiss him for any other reason.]

I actually think it was really brave of you to do that. It must have been nerve-wracking, and my reaction probably didn't help... I'm sorry.

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[ The relief she feels is almost palpable. Thank goodness! When she thought about how he pushed her away afterwards, she thought... she worried that Hinata felt too awkward or was just too polite to tell her that she'd done the wrong thing... or made things weird with their friendship... o-or maybe she was just a bad kisser...

In retrospect, maybe her fears were a little overblown. ]

I-It's all right! I can't really blame you... I'd be really surprised too!

[ Actually, she, um... was surprised. When the exact same thing happened to her. But anyway... ]

T-To tell the truth, I wasn't really being brave at all. I didn't know what else to do, so I was just desperate.