[But she hasn't been herself lately, and while finding Yuki is to blame for some of that, her feelings for him haven't exactly helped, especially when she was trying so hard to ignore that they were there.

She doesn't turn, but she does look over her shoulder, her mess of a pony tail hiding her face slightly. She's still red, but it's starting to fade.]

I bet even he's afraid of bein' rejected. It's not the 'what if you did' it's the 'what if you didn't' that I'm afraid of. Tell me you wouldn't be scared of that, if you were in my place.