[there's a long silence as Vi doesn't know what the fuck to say. for once in her life, she doesn't know what the fuck to say. everyone else had just let it go at the point where she'd clearly just let it get super awkward.

but she knew Ekko wasn't like that. especially since he'd probably give her shit for it.

well. it was going to come either way.

her hand grips at the cup her beer's in, and she breathes in through her nose for a moment.]

It...

[again. for the first time in her life, she thinks about her words carefully.]

We don't... know if we have forever with it. You know as well as I do that we don't know what we're going back to. So it's easier to just. Keep it like this.

[and Vi has problems with emotional attachments, anyway. she'd lost so many close to her... the only person that she had, without problem, been able to contact after getting out of jail was the boy sitting across from her.

she would never admit it, but she's scared of losing it all.]