[A while back, Scott would probably have said something dumb about how boys are supposed to be the ones comforting girls, so of course it's weird when she does it. He's gotten way better about that, though, but she has to wonder if it's the same in Minato's experience. Maybe he doesn't think it, but other people just assume that he doesn't need that kind of comfort. Because she was always smiling, most people probably thought that she didn't, either.
But she can't help but laugh a little, both because he's usually the one doing it for others, and because yeah. It's weird. Yu, Yosuke, Akira, Scott, Dazai -- they'd all scolded her at different times in the past few months for trying to pretend that she's fine and not deeply hurting, and for her thinking it's weird when they tried to comfort her.]
Yeah, [she agrees, tilting her head just enough to let it rest against his, giving Barong a bit of a smile when she feels his weight come to rest against her leg.] I always felt like I had to be strong in front of everybody else. So they'd rely on me.
[Like she had to keep proving that they hadn't made a mistake in choosing her to be the leader.]
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But she can't help but laugh a little, both because he's usually the one doing it for others, and because yeah. It's weird. Yu, Yosuke, Akira, Scott, Dazai -- they'd all scolded her at different times in the past few months for trying to pretend that she's fine and not deeply hurting, and for her thinking it's weird when they tried to comfort her.]
Yeah, [she agrees, tilting her head just enough to let it rest against his, giving Barong a bit of a smile when she feels his weight come to rest against her leg.] I always felt like I had to be strong in front of everybody else. So they'd rely on me.
[Like she had to keep proving that they hadn't made a mistake in choosing her to be the leader.]