[ if the silence was awkward before, it's probably something like agonizingly tangible now, mainly because Makoto's too busy looking absolutely devastated to have a decent comeback.
Also because her throat's suddenly gotten too tight to talk, and when she tries, tries to tell him that she's not asking that at all, that she can't be happy when he frowns and looks sad because of her and that she's sorry for most girls-- there's just a really thin, cracked whimper.
Followed by her shutting her eyes tightly because no dammit she isn't going to cry again. ]
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Also because her throat's suddenly gotten too tight to talk, and when she tries, tries to tell him that she's not asking that at all, that she can't be happy when he frowns and looks sad because of her and that she's sorry for most girls-- there's just a really thin, cracked whimper.
Followed by her shutting her eyes tightly because no dammit she isn't going to cry again. ]