Maki takes a while to respond. The honesty in Nico's words stings more than she'd ever admit. Nico can tell her answers aren't right, but even Maki wouldn't really know what to say. She's as much a jumble on her own.
But Nico is right. Maki was happy in u's. As much as she was stubborn to join and help, and difficult every other time, she had been happy. She'd loved it.
And it's that very fact that makes her involvement in the idol research club all the more difficult. The loss of the seniors hit her the hardest. Hanayo and Rin had been able to tell and they'd taken on more work to let her take a break. But she was still upset. She didn't want to take a break. She just didn't know what to do.
And that was the truth.
"I... I was happy with u's." She says finally, voice low, still not looking back at Nico. "The happiest I'd been in a while. But that was with everyone, with Eli and Nozomi and Nico." Shes just repeating herself. She doesn't know any other way to say it. "I'm no good without the rest of you."
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But Nico is right. Maki was happy in u's. As much as she was stubborn to join and help, and difficult every other time, she had been happy. She'd loved it.
And it's that very fact that makes her involvement in the idol research club all the more difficult. The loss of the seniors hit her the hardest. Hanayo and Rin had been able to tell and they'd taken on more work to let her take a break. But she was still upset. She didn't want to take a break. She just didn't know what to do.
And that was the truth.
"I... I was happy with u's." She says finally, voice low, still not looking back at Nico. "The happiest I'd been in a while. But that was with everyone, with Eli and Nozomi and Nico." Shes just repeating herself. She doesn't know any other way to say it. "I'm no good without the rest of you."