[ Her protest spills out almost immediately. Maybe too quickly. So quickly that even Hibiki is a little surprised. No? But she was scared. But not because of anything he did. Not in that exact moment, anyway.
...But that's not really why. Even if that's not what Ai meant, that they could call security on her own dad... Ai had explicitly said she didn't need to say who or what happened, but just the suggestion of doing that to the father she loved...
...Does he even deserve that? Does he deserve being defended like that? He left them. Left her. Without a single word he had just... disappeared. She should be upset. She is upset! But...!
It's... he's still her dad... and she can still remember how much she had adored him once. ]
N... No, that's not necessary...
[ She brings down her own energy, realizing how strongly she had reacted, and averts her eyes from Ai. Is it too much to hope that this is enough to convince her? Probably. She's already shown too much of her negativity, she can't expect Ai to just leave it alone, even if that's what Hibiki really wishes she would do right now. The last thing she wants is to worry Ai of all people. ]
I-I just... nobody did anything. [ That much is the truth. All he had done is stared at her with the same dumbfounded expression that was probably on her own face as well, reached out... and she ran. ] I just... saw someone. A-And I didn't know what to do, so I...
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[ Her protest spills out almost immediately. Maybe too quickly. So quickly that even Hibiki is a little surprised. No? But she was scared. But not because of anything he did. Not in that exact moment, anyway.
...But that's not really why. Even if that's not what Ai meant, that they could call security on her own dad... Ai had explicitly said she didn't need to say who or what happened, but just the suggestion of doing that to the father she loved...
...Does he even deserve that? Does he deserve being defended like that? He left them. Left her. Without a single word he had just... disappeared. She should be upset. She is upset! But...!
It's... he's still her dad... and she can still remember how much she had adored him once. ]
N... No, that's not necessary...
[ She brings down her own energy, realizing how strongly she had reacted, and averts her eyes from Ai. Is it too much to hope that this is enough to convince her? Probably. She's already shown too much of her negativity, she can't expect Ai to just leave it alone, even if that's what Hibiki really wishes she would do right now. The last thing she wants is to worry Ai of all people. ]
I-I just... nobody did anything. [ That much is the truth. All he had done is stared at her with the same dumbfounded expression that was probably on her own face as well, reached out... and she ran. ] I just... saw someone. A-And I didn't know what to do, so I...