[ One of the two things would already have been enough to completely surprise her. Either the fact that he made their hands touch just slightly like that (and it definitely wasn't a mistake, she knows he would have quickly pulled away otherwise) or the fact that he actually said those words.. It isn't like how he usually acts at all. Sure, Ange knows about herself that she's actually weaker underneath the way she acts, that she can say sappy stuff like that too sometimes since they're her deepest truest feelings, but to actually hear him say something sappy in return like that, and feeling his finger on top of hers, no matter how small and silly the gesture..

It makes her own face grow completely red too, and she's so glad too that they aren't facing each other right now. Her chest fills with such a warm feeling and she's pretty sure her heart might beat its way out of her chest with how fast it's going.

And it's just that slightest touch and the way it makes her feel that makes Ange realise that just maybe, all of this has been so strange all this time since she doesn't exactly like Senji as just a friend. Or even just as someone really important to her. But the thought is so new and weird that she just immediately shoves it back to think over later. It's almost like it's too difficult to think about now. Even with the way she currently feels. For now just this is fine, if she can just make him feel a little more the way he deserves to feel, it's alright. What wouldn't he think if she said it, either way.. Especially without thinking. ]

Of course I went looking for you.. of course I was really worried about you. When you suddenly disappeared that night and you weren't there in the morning, while I knew people kept being killed.. I was so scared.

[ It's okay to admit it now. It's okay when it's just the two of them, and he's even facing away from her.. ]

.. The thought of losing you was such a painful and hollow feeling. I just felt it swallowing me back then.