She looked down at the paper and then at him. For a fraction of a breath, something like thaw moved across her face. "Thank you," she said simply.
"You're late," he said without turning.
Once, when the corridor smelled of new paint, he asked her a dangerous, silly question: "What's the one thing you'd break just to see what happens?" toshoshitsu no kanojo seiso na kimi ga ochiru m upd
She regarded the question as if testing whether it fit within acceptable margins. Then, with a softness he hadn't expected, she answered: "The rule that I cannot be surprised." She looked down at the paper and then at him