[ If he could, without making it obvious, he would have covered his face with his hand. Kei is starting to feel something like sympathy for May. "Sakura. Happy birthday." "Oh, a bracelet? Thank you, but where did you even get something so rare-looking?" "Ah, well, it actually came from my first shipwreck. I dove down into the waters to get it for you." "Aw, you shouldn't have." Granted, he believes the conversation was much different but he has a moment where his smiling expression slips away to something an incredulous look.

I believe in some small way, regardless of what she desires, she wanted you to notice. She wanted you to notice her feelings so that she could simply be rejected or accepted. A small piece of her heart believes you would accept her, but she cannot give herself up into that hope. She cannot bring herself to trouble you when you have so many troubles upon your shoulders. A beat. She placed you into a cage without you knowing it. One where you're protected and safe even as she ruins her own happiness, because she is not bleeding her feelings out of herself. She's only poisoning herself.

His silence draws on before he gives a small nod: ] I am certain that you've already told her that you'll be there for her, yes? Sometimes, people need time with what they are being troubled with. [ A small tilt of his head, as he attempts to remind her that is what they both decided to do with Oda. ]

If it is a problem she can't handle, I'm certain she will eventually come to you. And if it is one that she can handle on her own, she'll be bursting with her usual happiness soon. I'm certain that of all the things May wants to do in the world... troubling you is on the lowest of that list.