Kyoko hesitated, not even sure how good an idea it was to keep pushing on this topic when Kaito had already decided not to pursue it with her. How should she even approach it, when she wasn't sure what the issue was, exactly?
"Doing this kind of thing," she attempted. "I mean... it's not like I'm always gonna know when something's wrong for real, and when I won't be able to manage it myself, right? And I don't mind bearing with my own troubles, so... telling you about it every time would kinda feel like too much. Even if you say you don't mind, it would be like piling my problems on you and giving in to the gods--and both of those things are no good! --is how I was thinking. But..."
She paused, gaze dipping away from his before she returned it again, hesitant. "If doing this kind of thing is really, really important to you...." Would it hurt him more to deny him? It seemed like an audacious thought, but Kyoko didn't know how else to explain the way his face quietly fell when he backed down.
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"Doing this kind of thing," she attempted. "I mean... it's not like I'm always gonna know when something's wrong for real, and when I won't be able to manage it myself, right? And I don't mind bearing with my own troubles, so... telling you about it every time would kinda feel like too much. Even if you say you don't mind, it would be like piling my problems on you and giving in to the gods--and both of those things are no good! --is how I was thinking. But..."
She paused, gaze dipping away from his before she returned it again, hesitant. "If doing this kind of thing is really, really important to you...." Would it hurt him more to deny him? It seemed like an audacious thought, but Kyoko didn't know how else to explain the way his face quietly fell when he backed down.