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Neither of us had said anything the whole walk back to the city. The silence filling the space between us, growing until it was nearly the size of the giant girl that had created it in the first place. I was startled when Koichi pushed me against the fence near our houses. His arms to each side of me like a different kind of wall, fencing me in as his gaze trapped me even further. His stare like a storm of swirling emotions yet his face was gentle. Sometimes I still saw him as that little boy I'd met on the playground and it was because of that soft face, it was still the same, but neither of us were those kids anymore. I grasped his arm, maybe trying to hold onto that or maybe for some other reason... My heart was quivering as I waited for him to speak but his words surprised me. "Don't go back there, Okay?" There was a slight break in his words before he leaned in closer still and whispered. "I need you." He seemed to realize what he'd just said and moved away before adding "To be safe." My heart did another flip and then flopped a bit, my face burning, I couldn't even look at him. But the thing really bothering me was how disappointed I'd been when he added the last part. Did I want him to need me, like that? I shook my head chasing away those stupid girlhood fantasies, knowing that they could lead to nightmares. No, things were good how they were, being more was just being selfish and asking for disaster besides there were way better things to think about, like how I was going to convince Koichi to let me be friends with a kickass giantess living in the forest.

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Neither of us had said anything the whole walk back to the city. The silence filling the space between us, growing until it was nearly the size of the giant girl that had created it in the first place. I was startled when Koichi pushed me against the fence near our houses. His arms to each side of me like a different kind of wall, fencing me in as his gaze trapped me even further. His stare like a storm of swirling emotions yet his face was gentle. Sometimes I still saw him as that little boy I'd met on the playground and it was because of that soft face, it was still the same, but neither of us were those kids anymore. I grasped his arm, maybe trying to hold onto that or maybe for some other reason... My heart was quivering as I waited for him to speak but his words surprised me. "Don't go back there, Okay?" There was a slight break in his words before he leaned in closer still and whispered. "I need you." He seemed to realize what he'd just said and moved away before adding "To be safe." My heart did another flip and then flopped a bit, my face burning, I couldn't even look at him. But the thing really bothering me was how disappointed I'd been when he added the last part. Did I want him to need me, like that? I shook my head chasing away those stupid girlhood fantasies, knowing that they could lead to nightmares. No, things were good how they were, being more was just being selfish and asking for disaster besides there were way better things to think about, like how I was going to convince Koichi to let me be friends with a kickass giantess living in the forest.