Vivi looks away when Ilseong looks down at his dessert. How could she voice that she couldn’t shake this fear he might harm her? It wasn’t fair to Ilseong.
But Klaus’ warning is still fresh in her mind. Though she is dating Cecil, and Vivi is well aware that he would have no qualms about killing her if it so struck him.
So, when Ilseong looks up at her again, Vivi sighs. She gives in. “Something could,” the pink-haired trainer admits. “Provided you don’t try to kill me.”
Maybe that will keep her safe. If Ilseong is being genuine.
There's a look of surprise in his eyes. He has to adjust his glasses and clear his throat. Some people may have laughed at what Vivianne said because of how ridiculous it was, but Ilseong wouldn't do that. It seemed to have been a real fear and worry of her's and perhaps the reasoning for her being so withdrawn with him!
"Was that what you were worried about?" he finally asks once the shock calmed. "Is that why you were distant from me? Because you worried I'd kill you?"
She must have talked to someone. Someone....The only ones who knew were Cecil and that damned angel who mind-read. Bastard. Out of those two, he knew who'd tell her.
"Not you," he answers with a shake of his head. Emotions such as genuine and sincerity came easily with him. He believed at that moment, after all. "Never you."
Vivianne is aware, suddenly, of just how worry sits in her chest now. Ilseong’s reaction to her statement made more pieces set into place. The trainer has to find a second to breathe -aware that Ilseong is observing her.
“If I must be frank,” Vivi says, “then, yes. I was worried you’d kill me.” She doesn’t voice the ‘still might’ that rests on her tongue.
When Ilseong says those two phrases, VIvi’s still second guessing herself. “Why never me?” The girl foolishly presses. “You’ve only met me recently.”
