[He moves towards her with the grace of a jungle cat. She'd taken the silence as cue to peek through tight-clenched lashes, only to shut the sight out again. It's too much, too sudden, too daring! Oh, to think this is the fate that befalls such a miserable wretch as herself! Out to browse books, only to find...
A hardcover balancing on her skull?
Fukawa opens her eyes. They roll upwards, spying the tome-made-hat at the very top of her peripherals. Her hands drop an inch.]
Ah?
[She collects the book and blinks up at him with disbelief. Is he...is this a rejection? Already?
Fukawa chokes on her own spit. Clenches her teeth, throws her gaze to the side. She's hot with humiliation now, muttering low.]
Y-you're right...there's no use offering s-something so worthless...
[The curse of being the ugliest girl in every room. Even if there were no other girls, the men all would turn to each other before considering her.]
no subject
A hardcover balancing on her skull?
Fukawa opens her eyes. They roll upwards, spying the tome-made-hat at the very top of her peripherals. Her hands drop an inch.]
Ah?
[She collects the book and blinks up at him with disbelief. Is he...is this a rejection? Already?
Fukawa chokes on her own spit. Clenches her teeth, throws her gaze to the side. She's hot with humiliation now, muttering low.]
Y-you're right...there's no use offering s-something so worthless...
[The curse of being the ugliest girl in every room. Even if there were no other girls, the men all would turn to each other before considering her.]
Fine. What is it?