[It doesn't even occur to Tear that this might have been a prank, with any ideas of suspicion dashed away immediately with his reaction to Hana's words. Were she any less troubled by the situation she would have found the exchange amusing.
Instead she stays in the same position, glancing down at the box still safe in her hands. Though she does her best to hide it, her thoughts were quickly becoming a tempest of conflicting ideas and emotions. Maybe she was overthinking what was ultimately a silly tradition, but she couldn't just ignore the way her heart was beating rapidly in her chest, so hard that it felt tight. She knew what it could mean...
In her confusion she chances looking up at the three in turn, at last lingering on Ace himself. The blush was by no means gone, accompanied now by traces of conflict as she gently set her gift down, pressing her lips together tightly in a vain attempt to calm herself down. She really was being ridiculous with such a reaction, wasn't she?
... And why was she having it to begin with? That was the part that confused her the most as she slowly rose to her feet, hands clasped together so tightly her knuckles were becoming white.]
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Instead she stays in the same position, glancing down at the box still safe in her hands. Though she does her best to hide it, her thoughts were quickly becoming a tempest of conflicting ideas and emotions. Maybe she was overthinking what was ultimately a silly tradition, but she couldn't just ignore the way her heart was beating rapidly in her chest, so hard that it felt tight. She knew what it could mean...
In her confusion she chances looking up at the three in turn, at last lingering on Ace himself. The blush was by no means gone, accompanied now by traces of conflict as she gently set her gift down, pressing her lips together tightly in a vain attempt to calm herself down. She really was being ridiculous with such a reaction, wasn't she?
... And why was she having it to begin with? That was the part that confused her the most as she slowly rose to her feet, hands clasped together so tightly her knuckles were becoming white.]