[ she continues to scrutinize him. it's not like she's going to use any of this against him, though. she may have done a lot of questionable and even outright horrendous things before coming here, but she'll never resort to manipulation. she refuses.

and besides, any of this is not up to her, is it? ]

Then tell him that.

[ said matter-of-factly. ]

These feelings... They're hard to grasp and rationalize. And it may seem that it'd be better to hide them to spare yourself from the hurt. But in truth, it does the opposite. In fact, it may make you feel even worse.

[ she flashes back to that one morning, her head spinning as she kept emptying her stomach because she couldn't accept that she liked him. it's horrible. she does NOT recommend it, doc. ]

None of us are going to be here for long. I've seen peers come and go in this world in less than a month. [ she stares into the reflection in her drink. ] You two may come from the same world, but you won't get the chance to tell him then. Don't wait for him to make the first move, in other words.