Complete and utter silence settled between them once more, weighing down on the girl's shoulders and dragging down her tail. She was walking on the tight rope here, not knowing whether the boy didn't speak because he was simply shy or because he disliked her. A shushed sigh escaped from her lips as she flicked an ear back, waiting for an answer that would never come.
Despite the fact that she could feel his black eyes on her, she didn't flinch or even swallowed the excess of saliva building in her mouth. She was hypnotized by his eyes but intimidated by his stare.
She fought against the urge of blubbering out an apology after more second seeped painfully on her shoulders. She instead cleared her throat and coughed lightly, another subtle attempt to soften the brick wall set between them.
