[To know Rin was putting in the effort was enough to spare him the impulse to tease her and being too challenging wouldn't put her at ease for another date. No matter what she said, he told himself, he had to make the idea of a second date to be as appealing as possible.
What, then, was the perfect balance of the two? He thought it over, not quite realizing how his fingers curled to hold her hand a bit more possessively--it being an entirely unconscious gesture.]
I'll be mindful. [Offering a middle ground, he put on a smile and made a concerted effort to bury all his instincts that demanded he take some sort of offensive to overwhelm her. Small talk. A little bit of that could go a long way, couldn't it?] Did you go out to lunch with Sakura, by the way?
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What, then, was the perfect balance of the two? He thought it over, not quite realizing how his fingers curled to hold her hand a bit more possessively--it being an entirely unconscious gesture.]
I'll be mindful. [Offering a middle ground, he put on a smile and made a concerted effort to bury all his instincts that demanded he take some sort of offensive to overwhelm her. Small talk. A little bit of that could go a long way, couldn't it?] Did you go out to lunch with Sakura, by the way?