[ She takes each and every word he speaks to heart, although she's immediately racked with guilt, despite his insistence that she should indeed speak her mind. It was never her intent to make Diluc feel as though he wasn't holding up his part in their relationship - she simply... misses him, and that in itself is a feeling she's struggling with. She has enjoyed Diluc's company whenever she has the pleasure of partaking in it, from the very moment she served him her own tea at a cafe - but she hasn't so much as been able to get more than a few moments out of him as of late, and she feels as though she might be too much if she tries to ask for more, just as she feels that she's too much right now.

Diluc isn't the only one who feels a bit out of depth when it comes to being in a relationship. After all, apart from a brief fling with a fellow mercenary when she was a teenager, Ori has never really had experience to draw from, nor has she ever wanted so badly to do right by someone the way that she does for Diluc and Thoma. She just wants to make them happy.

She's silent for a few moments, already dreaming up ways in which she should apologize for having said anything at all, when his arm goes around her, and her worries wash away with the relief such a simple gesture brings. ]

I...

[ She sighs and leans into him a little as they continue to walk. ]

I-It's alright! You've been nothing but wonderful to me, Diluc. I really am so lucky... But it'll be nice to get to see more of you. Even if it's walking on the way to wherever you need to go. Is that... okay?