[color=cornflowerblue]"That's good, Rui."[/color]

Those three words, said on impulse, shot like a bullet through Rui's heart. Rui froze up a bit, pausing her rummaging. When Sora decided to change his sentence to be a bit less direct, only then did Rui quickly pull her hand out of her bag and looked up to meet his gaze.

[color=#ffbae8]"Ah... n-no, it's fine."[/color] she replied gently, if a bit shaken. [color=#ffbae8]"I'm sorry, I just kind of acted on my own. I didn't ask if you even wanted to see them after all, haha..."[/color] she nervously laughed to try and play it off.

[color=#ffbae8][i]'Sora doesn't want to talk to you.'[/i][/color]

Rui turned her head to look back at their house. [color=#ffbae8]"We probably shouldn't talk outside like this,"[/color] she said, but added on [color=#ffbae8]"though I don't really want to go inside either."[/color] at the end.

[color=#ffbae8][i]'Stop bothering him.'[/i][/color]

Rui folded her arms behind her back and gave her brother the most confident smile she could. [color=#ffbae8]"...So! Forget about what I've been up to. Was your day anything special?"[/color] she asked of him, then turned her sights Wolf to give him a wink. [color=#ffbae8]"Don't keep anything a secret or I'll get Wolf-kun to tell me all about it!"[/color]