They ate for awhile, but Kayama couldn't hold back and was soon reading off the list again. She was, however, displeased at the next question.
"How do you express emotions around her..?" Kayama scoffed. "That's not juicy at all. Besides, we all know Yamada doesn't hold anything back."
"I resent that." He stuck his tongue out at her.
"Yes, he does." Elly shook her head. "I'm a therapist, remember?"
"Oh. Oh, shit."
"He holds in too much," she said sadly. "No, Yamada, you do. It comes out as that over-the-top cheerful persona, but there's a lot more of you I'd like to know better. Especially the messy parts you haven't been able to let out. Those are what make you, you."
"Huh." Hizashi fidgeted with a red-beaded bracelet he wore on one wrist, spinning it around. His brows were drawn up into a point but not too high, just enough that those that knew him saw he was thinking.
"I want to be here for you, okay?" She laid a hand on his and he frowned harder, but then shook himself out of the mental fog that had been building up.
"Yeah! Okay!" His huge smile was back and he spoke in English, giving her a thumbs-up.
"Boring." Kayama yawned. "Can we move on now?"
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