The unexpected confession causes Lyra to pause in her spinning, eyes wide as she practically wheels herself back around to face Medusa, finger probing and nitpicking the skin of her bottom lip, as though incredibly conflicted about the next few words that she was thinking of saying next.
âI like you tooâbut not in that way.â The younger mumbled emphatically. âI mean, youâre pretty and all, and you have nice eyes and a great, great smileâbut..but arenât you dating someone?â Confusion fluttered across Lyraâs face, her features a mask of clueless innocence as her finger darted to scratch behind her ear. âAnd besides, I think I still like boys better than girls when it comes to romantic shit.â The younger hitwoman squatted on her seat precariously, toes curling, eyes flickering rather disinterestedly. âI hope I didnât hurt your feelings thoughââ A faint tinge of concern bleed through her voice, as though she was truly worried about the present situation theyâd found themselves in.
Unless Lyra hadâas always, read the meaning of the situation wrong of course, which in all honesty, she had most likely did, though embarrassment was not something that came easily to her due to her rather clueless nature of everything else in the world. It came with being a blank sheet of paper and amnesia, she supposed.
lyra had made her laugh after a shitty day, and for that she got a compliment. truly, if medusa had been drinking anything, she wouldâve spat it out because lyra said something so out of left field that it was hilarious. but instead she settles in her seat and plays with the corner of the folder that should contain her next assignment. she doesnât bother to read it yet.
the girlâs reaction is funny, too, so she clarifies quickly â âoh, no â no, not like that, babe. i mean youâre hilarious. delightful, even â and no, iâm not dating anybody.â itâs that last part that bothers her. who had she been seen with recently to make anyone think that? it certainly isnât qian or any one of her usual haunts. she makes a mental note of it later, see whoâs been spying around her life aside from her ex, and opts to be comfortable, even for a little while, in this setting. âyou canât hurt my feelings, darling. i am interested, however, in hearing how you did in your last assignment. did you do well? how was it?â