[ Hibiki doesn't have the excuse of wearing a mask. With her head down, it was inevitable that she would crash into someone. That it took this long to barrel into anybody is a small miracle in and of itself...
Or at least it would be if it didn't mean crash into Ai specifically. ]
A-Ai-san...!?
[ She's a little stunned, the collision having knocked her off-balance, only to suddenly be grounded again by someone's hands on her shoulders. For a second, her brain irrationally fears that he caught up with her.
Her eyes are wide for that brief moment, but at the very least, it quickly settles in that this is Ai... but with the removal of that fear comes guilt over who she just nearly crashed into. ]
I-I'm...
[ ...So she can't rebuild her walls in time, and Ai gets a glimpse of a girl who is well and truly panicked. ]
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[ Hibiki doesn't have the excuse of wearing a mask. With her head down, it was inevitable that she would crash into someone. That it took this long to barrel into anybody is a small miracle in and of itself...
Or at least it would be if it didn't mean crash into Ai specifically. ]
A-Ai-san...!?
[ She's a little stunned, the collision having knocked her off-balance, only to suddenly be grounded again by someone's hands on her shoulders. For a second, her brain irrationally fears that he caught up with her.
Her eyes are wide for that brief moment, but at the very least, it quickly settles in that this is Ai... but with the removal of that fear comes guilt over who she just nearly crashed into. ]
I-I'm...
[ ...So she can't rebuild her walls in time, and Ai gets a glimpse of a girl who is well and truly panicked. ]