[... Has she ever heard someone say that? It's just two words and her name, something that she realizes must be everyday for most people, something that probably doesn't even mean a single thing to him, and yet.
"Thank you, Hayame."
It keeps her still as he moves, stunned in a way that makes her uncomfortable, until she remembers to move when he offers her back the arrow she had loosed. Again, she somehow manages to take the item from him in a way that ensures their skin does not even brush against each other, examining it herself. Only briefly, she isn't willing to fully take her eyes off of him for long, but there's no major cracks, and in a place like this she needed all of the arrows she could keep, so-]
Good enough.
[... She could have said "thank you".]
Do not apologize to me unless you plan to go back on your word.
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"Thank you, Hayame."
It keeps her still as he moves, stunned in a way that makes her uncomfortable, until she remembers to move when he offers her back the arrow she had loosed. Again, she somehow manages to take the item from him in a way that ensures their skin does not even brush against each other, examining it herself. Only briefly, she isn't willing to fully take her eyes off of him for long, but there's no major cracks, and in a place like this she needed all of the arrows she could keep, so-]
Good enough.
[... She could have said "thank you".]
Do not apologize to me unless you plan to go back on your word.