strrive:

          _{Her tone was wavering and he assumed
           the nerves that laced her voice were from
           thoughts of hacking at such beautiful hair
           rather than the actuality of the matter.}

        _{❝ It doesn’t effect me either way. Go ahead.❞}

         _{For a moment she wanted to say
         But it will effect you, Riku, but she
         didn’t say those words aloud. Part
         of her wondered if his prior words
         had always been lurking. Not that
         they weren’t true, in the end.}

                             _{”—Okay. You should sit, while I go find the scissors.”}