Dia's mind was racing, her hands shaking with uncertainty on the table in front of her. One hand held a pen, the other held down the corner of a blank piece of paper. So many things she could say, so many words stringing together in her mind to try desperately to explain how she felt, but she couldn't pull together the words to form a sentence. She had never quite seen herself as the love-letter writing type, but there was no way she could bring herself to actually confess in person. Being rejected out loud would be far too agonizing for her. Especially because the one the letter was addressed to, she didn't exactly mince words. No, Mari Ohara had never been a person to think before she spoke, and she was so ruthlessly blunt with her thoughts. Not that it was necessarily a bad thing, but having feelings for such an honest girl could be an experience full of heartache.

Dia's hand started to move, rapidly writing down her thoughts as they came to her. It didn't matter if it was messy, she could rewrite it later and clean it up. She just desperately needed to have the words on paper before they were purged from her mind forever. Her mind was moving faster than her hand could ever possibly, but she tried.

Nearly ten minutes passed, with Dia writing feverishly, before finally, her arm grew tired and she had to stop. That was fine. She felt as though she'd gotten down plenty. Setting the pen down, she lifted the paper to read what she had gotten down.

…..It was terrible. With a heavy sigh, Dia dropped the paper and let her head rest on the table. Why was this so hard? She had been so sure this would be an easy task, writing down how she felt. She knew how she felt, she had been feeling it for quite a while now. It hadn't gone away. So why couldn't it be explained on paper, for someone else to understand?

A knock came at Dia's door, and she frantically lifted her head, hiding the paper under all the other blank papers she had around her. A little head peeked in through the door and looked around. "Onee-chan?" Ruby said quietly from the doorway.

"Come in, Ruby," Dia said with a smile, turning to face her. The younger girl stepped in and closed the door behind her, stepping forward and sitting in front of Dia. It always calmed Dia to just sit and talk with her sister, and she would always welcome a nice conversation with her.

"Um… There's something I need to talk to you about," Ruby said as she sat in front of Dia, each of them facing the other. The dark-haired girl glanced to the side to ensure that her love letter was hidden. "It's not something bad, is it?" Dia asked, slightly furrowing her brows in concern.

"No! Well, hm... I don't think it's bad."

"Let's hear it then."

The younger girl took a moment, as if thinking of what to say. Finally, she spoke, apprehensively. "I wanted to ask you first, and make sure it was okay with you that I date-"

"Absolutely not."

Ruby looked taken aback for a moment at having been cut off with such a certain answer. "Why- Wait, but I didn't even finish what I was saying!"

Dia sighed and closed her eyes. Wasn't Ruby too young to be dating anyways? And far too pure, for that matter. She was just a child in Dia's eyes, but maybe…. Maybe that was unfair. After all, Ruby was a teenager now, and she wouldn't be asking for her permission if she wasn't interested in it, right? "Fine, finish your sentence." She conceded, finally, opening her eyes back up to look at her adorable younger sister.

Ruby smiled, hopeful that it was a sign of Dia wanting to say yes to this. Honestly, Ruby was probably going to do it whether her sister said it was okay or not. It would just have to be a secret if she didn't agree.

"I wanted to make sure it was okay with you that I date Chika-chan." She paused, seeing Dia's eyes widen in surprise, but quickly continued before Dia could say anything. "She confessed to me and I really want to accept it, but I wanted to be sure it was okay with you first."

The older girl was surprised by the name mentioned. Chika… She would never have guessed that the two of them would be interested in each other, but maybe she hadn't been too observant lately. Looking back, they had been spending a lot of time together in the past few weeks. She had guessed it had just been CYaRon things, but it seemed not. Dia wanted to say no anyways, but it wouldn't be fair. She trusted Chika, and Ruby had clearly stated she really wanted to say yes to her. Besides, would it really be fair to her to deny Ruby the right to date someone she likes, then go out and make a confession of her own?

"...Fine, I approve," she said at last, admitting defeat. "But you have to promise to tell me if anything bad happens."

Ruby took Dia's hands gently, a big smile on her face. It was so reassuring to have her big sister's approval on anything. It made it feel right. "Thank you, onee-chan." She gave Dia a hug before she stood up and practically skipped out of the room, presumably to go call Chika, or maybe Hanamaru first.

When her door was shut, Dia immediately sighed and laid back on her floor. Ruby in love… What a bittersweet surprise. And with Chika, that really made it bittersweet. She hoped that everything went well for them, she didn't want to have to stand up for Ruby against someone they were both close to.

Dia wished she had courage like Chika did. That girl was always able to say clearly what she wanted, without any shame or fear. Dia envied her for that. She couldn't find the courage to speak her mind that way. At least, not in this sense… The fear of rejection was far too strong.

With new determination, she sat up and turned back to the table, motivated again to write this love letter to Mari, and get her feelings down on paper. She just had to have a basic outline, and she could come back and make it flow nicely another time.