[It might be good that he doesn't come out with it since, really, there's no reason for her to be the favorite? She's a ridiculous, workaholic teenager who thinks too hard, and part of her age means that she hasn't made enough effort to speak with her extended family. In part because she didn't know how to, and also due to the general lack of initiative some people could experience - the kind of out of sight out of mind thing.]
You'd never be useless to me. [It's an incredibly resolute statement but she doesn't think to take it back. She might enjoy messing with him, sure, but somewhere deep in her subconscious Junko knows that it's just an attempt to get a reaction out of him, garner more attention.
She looks at herself in her mirror, frowning.]
Five is way too high a number, Rin. [But.] ... It's complicated.
no subject
You'd never be useless to me. [It's an incredibly resolute statement but she doesn't think to take it back. She might enjoy messing with him, sure, but somewhere deep in her subconscious Junko knows that it's just an attempt to get a reaction out of him, garner more attention.
She looks at herself in her mirror, frowning.]
Five is way too high a number, Rin. [But.] ... It's complicated.