[ If Ange was any dumber, she would've asked Anna if the other thought that she was truly petty enough to immediately distance herself over just one awkward moment - but Ange is smart enough to get it. That this is an issue within Anna, just as much as Ange's paranoia over losing people to Sayo is an issue for herself.

So she instead just exhales. ]

Anna.. It was one time. It's fine. I'm-- [ The word almost automatically comes out of her mouth, but then she remembers how red her eyes must still look in this moment, and Ange quickly shakes her head and corrects herself. ] I will be fine.

[ At least when it comes to this specific moment and its memory. ]

You're way too important of a friend to me for me to just start avoiding you because of this. [ Especially when - Ange thinks - Anna didn't intend to hurt her.

She just pushed a little too far in the worst place possible. ]

If you weren't, I wouldn't even have gotten upset in the first place. [ Because if randos interact with Sayo? Well, that's fine, it's totally their choice. It only gets hard when it's people she cares about, because that's when Ange starts worrying about losing them, or them not understanding her, or a myriad other paranoid thoughts. ]