[ Compared to her usual loud and confident attitude, there's almost something timid in the way she notices his hand doing that, grabbing it lightly in return and still with an actual blush on her face. So.. this is it, right? There's no way back anymore, but the more she thinks about it, the more she doesn't care if there is or not. The only way for her always is forward, so if it's going forward together with him now, then that's a good thing. A good thing for sure. ]

.. Me too.

[ For the briefest moment she lets her voice trail off, let the silence linger just a little, but then she figures she should say now what she couldn't say in the moment before - just to be just as open with him as he was with her, right? ]

Besides, about that last thing.. I'm not always as good as you might think I am either, you know? I haven't told anyone here before, but it's not like I've always told the truth, I've lied two times before. [ .. Although the fact that she makes such a big deal out of lying two times should say enough in itself.. ] One time to stop a teacher from being ostracized and another time to protect a friend from getting hurt physically. So.. I get it. 'The ends justify the means', 'it's about the reason behind the lie and not the lie itself', I know that all, but it's still.. difficult. [ to unite that with her thoroughly established ideals. ]

So that just means we can.. well, help each other, right? ... T.. together.

[ God, she almost feels like some sort of flustered schoolgirl now (you mean you aren't, Asahi?) but at least she got that out, one way or another. ]