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   _{The door clicked open and the muscles in her arms became rigid, face turning a darker shade of red than it had before. Her eyes remained glued to the floor to her left, but the urge to peek was embarrassingly strong.}

                                       _{Don’t look. Don’t look.}

   _{It was only human instinct to want to look, right? The fact that she refused to made her strong. Yeah. Let’s go with that.}

   _{Once he took the clothes from her and shut the door, the woman finally relax. Her arms fell to her sides, back meeting with the opposite side of the door. The heels of her palms moved to rub at her eyes, head giving a little shake in hopes that the image would be flung somewhere so deep in her mind that she would have no choice but to forget.}

   _{”Y—Yeah, I did. I got it.” She exhaled slowly, “M’really sorry. I didn’t know ya’d come out. I was just gonna get it an’ go.”}

“It’s not your fault. Even if I didn’t expect anyone to be here, I still should have remembered to bring the clothes with me…”

Should, could, would have… Though it’s mostly just the embarrassment talking. Of course he wouldn’t have given the mistake too much thought, had it not been for being unexpectedly seen… Having the house to oneself doesn’t exactly help to build too much caution for that sort of thing…

Right now, though, there wasn’t anything to be one about what happened, but Kaito’s fully aware of how awkward stepping out would be now. Not to mention the fact his face might just burn off if he did.

“It’s good that you found it.” A small laugh could be heard from behind the door. “Maybe you should check everything else you have while you’re here, just in case.”