f**k, I shouldn’t have said that. Uhh, how do I make this sound less creepy?
“Sorry, I didn’t mean anything bad by it. It’s just, uh, you seem to be more tired than usual lately, so I’m assuming that’s why you’ve put more makeup on. Are you doing okay?”
“Oh, so that’s what it was. I’m fine. There’s no need to worry about me,” she assures me with a smile.
“That’s exactly what a tired person would say.”
Makiri-sensei looks surprised by my response.
“I’m fine, really. I’m just a bit tired because I had an argument with my father over the phone yesterday. That’s all. You know... how family is. It’s always the same wherever you go,” she says, trying to force another smile.
Well, at least that was way more genuine than her previous attempt at putting me at ease. That’s good. Makiri-sensei
