[ just having it laid out there like that makes her cheeks flush, and ochako looks away, hands curling into fists around the hem of her dress. there's no running when they're on the ferris wheel, but she focuses instead on watching the boardwalk and the beach get further smaller as the ride climbs. ]

...I know. I keep telling them that we should focus on more important things instead of... [ whatever this is supposed to be?? ] ...but maybe I should've tried harder to get them to listen. I didn't mean for you to get dragged into something like this.

[ so really, if anyone should be apologizing, it's probably her. ]