-In all honesty, May had seen that coming. With a hum, she set the tray aside, pulling herself free of the bedsheet and crawling closer to Sakura, right into her face, looking as if she was closely inspecting a piece of gear, staring a much more direct line into Sakura.

This girl, she knew too well to just smile in situations like this, right? Hell she had to have someone chase off an unwanted admirerer for her, not that May blamed her for it. Those were pretty awkward positions to be in, and she'd just put Sakura in one at that moment, even if things were different in their relationship than what Sakura had with a classmate.

She may not be carrying that burden anymore, at least not the same one, one that settled in a bit more easily across her back, and didn't pull at her heart like a hook so much as it was like wearing a weighted blanket... But she still needed the assurance that Sakura would be able to handle this, or confessing it would have been completely for not.

She didn't need Sakura to love her back, not the same way she loved her. But she did need her to be 'okay', and she wasn't quite convinced.-

Because you're what? Come on, girl, you gotta be as honest with me as I just was with you. Of course we're still ride or die, but if there's stuff we gotta work on together, you gotta tell me... Please...