Just as she was so close to escaping the jaws of death, she locked eyes with [b] him [/b]...[i]"Damn it all, just when I was so close...[/i] she exclaimed...
The mere fact she's looking at him brings back so many unpleasant memories, ones that she wished weren't brought back up...It hurt her just thinking about it...
She thought that he'd just let her walk away without no other mention of her, but then [b] SHE [/b] approached...Run...Run...Run! Her brain said, but all she could do was stand there in utter shock as Sachiko forcefully dragged her in there little group, she tried to grapple herself free but to no avail...Either she wasn't even trying, Sachiko has been taking steroids or she's been playing too much at the arcade that it made her hands feel like jelly...

In the end, Ayano found herself with her old...[i]'friends'[/i]...Sachiko asked her where's been all this time, and wasn't it so easy to guess?
[i]"Locked up in my room avoiding all of you...[/i] she said bluntly, it was a simple answer to a simple question.
Kato introduced her to the others as well, and right now she just wishes she could teleport away from here...
[i]"Bit of an introvert? Can't you just call me an outright recluse? Or a hikkikomori? Introvert is an understatement...
Can I go home now? It looks like you guys were having tons of fun before I came."[/i]