- Drabble Collection: The Icarus Factor -
XI.
Emergence
As they are walking, he contemplates the look on her face; not something he likes, or wants to see – he's seen it before, when the thing she is trying to do to him has happened to other men.
"Hojou, I – I wanted to tell you...I don't...I don't think this...is working between us."
He looks at her, and fakes surprise.
"It's not? I know we haven't been able to spend too much time together, because of your -"
"No, Hojou, that's not it. I think it's just...you're too good for me, Hojou. You need to find a nicer girl than me."
She is startled into stopping when his fist cracks into the concrete wall besides them; she looks across at him and sees his eyes are burning.