"I-is that so?"
Faced with the embarrassment of all that she did in the heat of the moment, Celeste shriveled down on herself, as if instinctively trying to make herself into the smallest target possible.
This instinctive drive, originally designed to prevent physical injury, did nothing to stop the mental burn, the embarrassment of doing all that she did and knowing how the news about it was going to make rounds far and wide across the academy grounds.
Still, while Celeste blushed in silent embarrassment, Theo could only scratch the side of his head, not sure how to react.
'Did she buy it? Or is she just pretending?'
In the end, though, it didn't really matter. The only thing that actually did was breaking the current stalemate and moving on so that they could hopefully find a way to redirect everyone's focus somewhere else.
