[ oh, that's a relief. she's expecting linefacing from more than one person, so Naoki's sincere happiness for her is nice. ]

Thanks, Naoki. You-- [ came to our wedding, you know. but she thinks better of it at the last second, and flicking her eyes up to his thought bubble, takes a different tack, hoping he won't notice her quick pause. ] --you're right about that. We worked things out a long time ago. We dated for years before he actually proposed to me, though. [ shy little grin. ]