Kanashii looked surprised with Shines outburst, and when Miki piped up as well, she knew it must be best to ease their worries and immediately started towards them. Shine-kun and Miki-chan... both were sort of half friends right? A slowly building alliance, yes? She should go with them. That's what normal people do. They team with their friends. With people they trust.<br/>Except Kanashii was bad with trust.<br/>And friendship.<br/>And people.<br/>And socializing in general.<br/>What if this was the wrong choice instead?<br/><br/><em>Go with the boy, Ka-chan.</em><br/><br/>"What? But... I don't know him. Haven't you ever heard of stranger danger Tsukiko?"  Kanashii said, still making her way towards the others.<br/><em>I want to be in his arm once more.</em><br/>"......Tsuki, you do realize the way that phrase sounds, don't you?" Kanashii eyed her doll, one eyebrow raised in bewildered half-shock.<br/><em>Go back to him, lets tag along with him, he's different.</em><br/>"Different how? Everyone here is different, and, in case you haven't notice, Kari-senpai is sort of struggling with her 'difference' right now." Kanashii retorted and cast a nervous glance towards the group she was nearing. Was going to the dorms the right idea really?<br/>Still uncertain, she stopped a moment mid stride to contemplate, despite the ongoing situation. She was odd like that.<br/><em>He's like us.</em>Tsukiko whispered, her words implying something more than they appeared.<br/>"Like...  us?"<em><br/>He's different, Ka-chan... Different like us. He'd understand. Don't you want someone else to understand?</em><br/>"You don't know that for sure.... nobody ever understood us Tsuki, why would he?" Despite her words, Kanashii was still halted where she stood and, for a moment, turned to glance back at the boy.<br/>Nobody ever understands.... and yet, Tsukiko persisted.<br/><em>Go back, Ka-chan. Please. Go back and let him understand.</em><br/>"It won't happen. You're just getting your hopes up, setting us both up for failure!"<br/><em>Then let me hope. One of us has to.</em><br/>Kanashii paused a long moment. Too long. It felt as is time had slowed to a crawl, tempting her with hidden strings of fate and winding paths she'd yet to travel.<br/>At last, she spoke.<br/>"....fine! But it was your decision, remember that." Kanashii frowned and started her way back to the boy.<br/><br/>"I'll follow. You, I mean. I'll follow you." She said, softly, ignoring the elated giggled from Tsukikos tiny lips.<br/><br/>