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She had really wanted to patch up with Karite, if one could call it that. But she didn't know what she could say or do. She understood the pain of having feelings not returned, although she had never felt it before. Had she really been as inconsiderate as she now felt? But even so...what could she do now? What could she possibly say to Karite to make it all okay? They were still a team and the last thing she wanted was the team to dissolve. And the worst part was...she felt she had lost a friend and maybe even an older sister because of her stupidity. Heaving a sigh, she would take a sip of her favourite plum blossom sake, which she knew she wasn't supposed to. But tonight...tonight she wanted to drink, to drown her sorrows away.