<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/SociallyToxicBeauty/86e7ec34-6f46-4224-a245-9c92f1db7b35.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/>Melda caught Jin shrugging from the corner of her eye, "You get used to it I guess." Nothing much else was said except for Melda's rambling, until Jin interrupted her. "Do I make you that nervous...?" he asked finally. He slowed their pace and soon they were standing under a flickering street light, their breaths white puffs in the air.<br/><br/>Melda didn't respond and instead looked to the ground as she kicked a rock. "If you were smart, you would say yes and then never come around me again. Someone with your unique assets and issues wouldn't benefit at all by being around someone like me," he stated. She looked up in surprise, her expression fading into one of confusion--then hurt. "I'm sorry?" she replied, her voice a bit watery.<br/><br/>She was silent for a moment, the wind blowing her hair every which way, her and Jin's clothes rustling as the breeze passed. "Am I that awful to be around?" she asked. She angrily dug the heels of her hands into her eyes, upset that she felt like she was about to cry. "I don't understand...I thought...I thought that you were okay with me...People...people messed with me a lot less today because of you. I don't understand what you mean...I just..." the more she talked, the shakier her voice began to sound, tears welling up in her eyes.<br/><br/>"I just...I thought..." she stopped speaking once more, wiping her eyes on the sleeves of her jacket. "What did I do?" she asked, obviously baffled by Jin's sudden change of heart. She didn't understand why Jin was telling her to stay away from him. He had said something about unique assets and problems--was she too much of a burden to be around? Or was Jin just as cruel as the others?