Dangit, Shiro. Why did you have to get down like that? It's really hard to not look at him when he does that, considering she'd otherwise have to look right over his head, and that'd just make her look like she's trying to ignore him.

And she's not! It's just-- this is kind of embarrassing, and a lot, and Ange never knows how to deal with her emotions when they suddenly turn out to be a lot, threatening to spill out in embarrassing ways.

So she sucks in a breath before trying to meet his gaze, even though she can't quite keep up her usual pokerface. There's a darkblood blush on her cheeks, and the look in her eyes is softer. More emotional.

Not even just because of the stuff Shiro is saying about the wedding, or about her and Ruby, but--

"Hold on, you can't just slip stuff in like that."

Something family members do.

No matter what Ange may already have been thinking about Shiro all this time, those words are a lot for a girl who has had such an intense relationship with the concept of family.

"Are you saying that's what you are now..?"