'Let go. LET GO NOW!'
'He's seeing how pathetic you are. He's feeling how you're trembling like a scared baby. He's going to think you're weak, that you're a burden, that you're exactly the type of broken girl who needs to be saved and...'
But Ren's arms tightened around her with a deliberate gentleness that somehow felt like giving strength rather than pity.
Not saying anything that would shatter the moment. Not asking what was wrong when the answer was everything and nothing simultaneously. Not trying to fix her with empty words that couldn't change reality no matter how well-intentioned.
Just... holding her like that was enough, like her being like this didn't change anything important.
And something about that simple gesture made the tears fall faster, made her melt into his arms with surrender…
'WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? Why don't you run? Why don't you pull away from the crazy girl who just collapsed without apparent reason in the middle of dance practice?'
