Suki glanced up at Umichi, and shrugged, shaking her head. "its nothing really" She said, looking back down. Why was she such a coward? Why couldn't she just follow through with what she wanted to say? She sighed again,, tried to think what she wanted to say again. 

"My whole life, I've been protected and sheltered.. And now I'm here, and they aren't, and I have to watch my own back, and protect myself, and be wary of others and whatever else the men in my family have done for me" she said, and laughed lightly, "And then you came an swept me away, making me a damsel, and then I didn't have to worry so much" her smile faded remembering his rage from the night before, and she looked back up, to look at him. 

"But now it just seems that I'm relying on you, like I did my brothers, and I don't want to do that, don't what to be a burden on you, or just being a tag along for your protection, because..." She trailed off, hesitated, feeling herself blush, "Because I like you" She dropped her head into her hands, to try and hide her blush.