Despite the pleasant and enticing aromas of several delectable dishes that had been laid out before the very group, Asuka just couldn't seemed to take a bite out of anything. Merely, the ronin glowered down at her bowl, already filled to the brim with various delicacies and rice in a sweet and savory sauce when she was all the more excited about stuffing her face again, but there her mind went elsewhere once her eyes fell upon the miko, the young woman sitting across from her, who so garnered the samurai's innermost feelings, and it didn't help that Ageha-dono, the very girl who incited jealousy within Asuka, to perch herself next to Hanami, further entangling the samurai's quivering stomach in knots, painful knots. Try as she may to ignore it and try to enjoy her meal in peace, it seemed for naught, especially with the conjurer of her most troublesome thoughts placed right before her. 

"It was very generous of you to treat us to this meal, Miko-dono, indeed it was." It was an effort put forth to shatter the unnerving silence about her, a friendly and considerate compliment unto Hanami, but alas... "But...I do believe I am not feeling well, that I'm certainly not, so please...forgive me if I seem offensive, but I don't believe I can eat right now." Bowing in due respect to the woman, she sighed lifting her head slowly. Maybe she was already full, since earlier she did scarf down quite the heft to her digestion. Yes, that had to be.....no....why was she even trying to fool herself into believing her own lie. The reason she couldn't eat was simple, but...it could not be spoken. Giving another bow to rest of her comrades, the ronin gathered her sakabato, laid to her side in true samurai's dignity, and stood to her feet, stepping out of the restaurant and into the cool evening air, just in time to watch the bright orange of a dying sun fade behind the thick, darkened canopy of the western forest lands, and just as the sun did sink low behind the horizon...so did her heart lower into the cavity of her chest. Another deep sigh released, the ronin continued to look westward, in a state of solitude she placed herself, relinquishing all thoughts unto the wind and meditating.