"Now, face each other and talk things out properly. All I can do is create opportunities for you, but figuring this out is very much on you two," she said and turned our desks and chairs to face each other.
My gaze met with Ai's, but she started looking elsewhere, and for a moment, the urge to pull away after the discussion between us built up in my mind, but I fought back with everything I had. This is something we both need to work on ourselves. Natsumi-san will be here if we go overboard, but we should know the extent to which we can take certain discussions. Having such uncomfortable talks for the first few times in our relationship was hard, and most of it just ended with either of us getting so worried that we forgot the entire discussion and took care of the other person, or just an abrupt interruption.
"Ai…" I called out her name, and her eyes fixed back on me. "Thank you for worrying about me so much."
