Moving to the end of my bed, I let Yumi take the seat which she hesitantly sat down on. I could imagine she felt like this was some kind of trap to tease or bully her, but that was far from the truth.
"No need to be so tense. You can call me Elysia when it's just the two of us." Despite wanting her to relax, my words had the opposite effect.
*Sigh* 'I don't want to resort to physical affection to show my sincerity, but I might have to.' Even with Alice's influence gone for now, I still had this natural anger towards other women and men. Though, I had gotten a lot better at not lashing out and was even coming to understand that not everyone has ulterior motives.
