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Sweet Tooth
Chapter 38: Nostalgia
Shoichi didn't know what to do. He'd never seen Aynai in such a state before - eyes downcast, head leaning against the window, wistful expression upon her face. He could even swear that a glassy film coated her eyes in a way that worried him greatly.
Aynai was not the most outgoing person. She would never be considered the "life of the party," but she held a steel presence that left her unable to be ignored. She had a gentle, almost maternal quality to her that Shoichi cherished.
Despite her clumsiness, she made people feel... safe. As such, when her moods were negative, people felt that, too.
Shoichi wasn't immune to this.
He just wasn't sure how to proceed.
But there was one thing he was sure of...
Aynai did not wear nostalgia well.
Nostalgia - n. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.