His nervousness was picked up on immediately, and she brought her stare back to him. All the more reason to say what she was about to say; that timidity in someone who spoke so big of himself was just another thing she found obnoxious.

"I think we're finished," she said, speaking firmly.

It had been something she'd been stewing on for a while. Since Majima left, really. She had assumed he would be back, but it seemed like he'd all but disappeared entirely. And there really wasn't a point to faking a relationship for someone who wasn't even around.