Bella unintentionally flinched when she heard that Tonya would join her in the kitchen. Unsure of how to react to the statement, the girl simply stood stock still until the other got close and awkwardly turned to walk beside her. Thankfully, Bella caught a quick glimpse of Alex's wave and returned it accordingly, it managing to relax her, but only a little bit.

Even before entering the kitchen, it was clear to see that they would be in there for a while. With the dishes piled up on top of each other, they had to be almost twice her size! The electric blue girl allowed her jaw to slacken slightly before directing her gaze back to Tonya, who was heading into the walk-in refrigerator. Even with her head injury, Bella obviously knew what was going on; four students just so happened to be at the scene of the crime at the same time and with no reasonable explanation, or at least one that wouldn't blow their cover, as to why kinda made it obvious. Without a response, the younger girl let the other do her thing and give her the privacy she probably wanted, grabbing a few of the more dirty plates and let them soak in some soapy water that was graciously prepared for them before hand. As she was doing so, her attention was immediately pulled to the faint rustling coming from her dress pocket. Thank goodness she thought ahead and placed some carrot pieces inside of her pocket beforehand in case Hoppi needed an impromptu snack. Too bad she couldn't comfort and congratulate the little Kwami for all her hard work quite yet either...

Just the thought of Hoppi seem to get Bella down, as even Tonya's reappearance beside her didn't cause her to straighten. She halfheartedly washed a ladle for five minutes, her crestfallen expression growing worse as she let the thoughts on her mind drag her down. All she could think about is how upset and disappointed Hoppi would be when she got better and realized that her, and probably the other's cover had been blown. The only thing Hoppi had asked of her, she just had to screw up...

As Tonya began to speak after a not so brief moment of silence, Bella flinched and looked up at her with wide, doe-like eyes.
[color=blue][b]"H-Huh..?"[/b][/color] It had been the first audible response she'd given Tonya, and while she was expecting the other to be looking at her, she was instead engrossed with the pot she was washing. It made it seem less like she was trying to accuse or get any information out of her, which of course made Bella relax. Unfortunately most of that went out the window as the other girl continued, mentioning exactly what Bella was dreading to hear. Without any real warning, Bella's eyes filled with tears, overflowing in a matter of seconds. Biting her lip to suppress her wails, the blue haired girl looked down and remained like that, her restrained sobs wracking her entire body and forcing her into an uncontrollable tremble. If her reaction to the question wasn't enough of an answer then she wouldn't know what else would be. [color=blue][b]"...W-We broke the r-rules..."[/b][/color] She whimpered as she tried to wipe away her tears, only for new ones to quickly replace them. [color=blue][b]"W-We aren't suppose to know about each other...o-our identities or suppose to be s-secret, but...b-but..."[/b][/color] Bella broke into a fit of coughs, her shaky breath getting caught in her throat in the process. [color=blue][b]"H-Hoppi's gonna be so d-disappointed...will they leave n-now that w-we know? A-Are we not g-gonna be s-superheroes anymore?"[/b][/color] She questioned as she brought her head up, revealing similar bloodshot and puffy eyes Tonya was sporting earlier, and a red face in desperate need of oxygen. Bella was panicking, she didn't know what to do, and she was scared. All she wants is for Hoppi to stay with her, but how can she assure that if the one secret that tied them together was let out in the open?