[h3][color=6ecff6]Miyako[/color][/h3]
[i]Out of the Pan... - 3rd Ward - Hana's Clinic[/i]
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Miyako already had the feeling of being vulnerable, but what would you expect when you were surrounded by people you almost killed, and your shirt was now a shredded rag. Miyako hadn't even noticed how naked she was at the moment, thankfully her athletic shorts and bra were still on, though the latter had sustained some noticeable damage. However despite the reality of her situation being present in front of her, some of her focus felt like it was being pulled away. It felt like she had overstepped in the negotiations for her life by stuttering an unintended extra vulnerability, an unintended consequence of her girlish crush on her savior. Though that appeared to have slipped by unnoticed and for the briefest of moments, Mi had thought she had gotten away with such an out of character remark, leaving her unguarded for Hana's comment.

Miyako's attention snapped to Hana, alarm present in her expression at the forwardness of her comment. Miyako's cheeks flared with hot blood as she turned to Takumi's currently impassive face. She gave a real 'deer in the headlight look', believing that if even if nobody had noticed Miyako's affection for Takkun, they surely did now. Though their opinions mattered little compared to the man she was currently staring at. Even though Mi would have never experienced it, this was exactly like the big high school crush revelation. You don't want it to come out but your friend tells your crush anyway, which is what you secretly wanted anyway as your crush never noticed you until now. So you feel completely mortified and betrayed that you've been exposed and even though you want to retract that, you secretly yearn to see your crush's reaction, hoping that they reciprocate your feelings...

Mi was stuck in that limbo where you waited for your crush to react, wanting her secret never exposed but also yearning for a sign of Takkun to return her affection. The return Mi wanted never arrived. The only thing Mi was given was a static, 'I get it'. There was a small feeling of relief, as Mi's mind became deluded that Takkun was oblivious to the obvious, but a even larger part of Mi had felt rejected almost. It was as if Mi had anticipated a reality where Takkun throws himself at her in an tight embrace, confessing his affection in her ear, ideally with a light peck on her cheek being added. Instead of Mi's fantasy, she simply got an acknowledgement that he understood? The answer had left her spinning in trying to find a meaning.

A reply with clear terms of "Yes" or a "No" would have made Mi's reaction simpler but this? Mi didn't know what to think even though a saner mind would identify the clear signs of Takkun's lack of interest. For Mi, this answer lead her on an internal path of attempting to decipher the message, phasing out Itsuki's entire rant about her. Her gaze didn't not falter as she continued watching Takkun for some sign, she was missing. She eventually settled on more delusion, clinging to the fact that he continued to sympathize, reaching out to her in a not-so-obvious way. Meaning, this wasn't over. Nobody would reach out this much for Mi if she wasn't an asset and in her eyes, Takkun wasn't treating her as an asset but something living. 

"...the CCG is here."

As if it were a sleeper agent's code word, Mi suddenly snapped out of her fixation on Takkun and brought herself back to reality. It appeared she was still being spared, but what was perhaps more shocking was that Mi's mind fell back into her servitude state. After all, she spent most of her life under orders by another and with Hana's authoritative aura becoming evident again, Mi found some of her earlier internal conflict quelled in the face of this situation. 

Miyako got to her feet, wincing as she bent forward, indicating there was still some internal damage that was present or perhaps still recovering. She'd was still vulnerable and not at a hundred percent, that much would be obvious, but to serve she often had to push herself in such a manner. [color=6ecff6]"What do you want me to do?"[/color] Miyako asked, finding her emotionless tone again focusing in on her responsibility to her new authority, glancing between Itsuki and Takumi though she found the sight of Takumi to quickly bring back thoughts of her complicated feelings for him. To attempt to rid herself of that thought, she eventually settled her eyes on Itsuki, trying to keep Takumi from her thoughts. Things were too critical for her to hesitate now.