Lingering. That's the word that describes the two of you.

Whether it's in how your eyes meet, how mild touches last, or even how the two of you spend time. Something lingers and Maki doesn't know how to deal with it. Any emotion other than the ones related to helping her goals feel off and wrong. Friendship, love and more was never really meant to be in the cards for a failed Zenin like her.

It's not like her friendship and camaraderie with her classmates and underclassmen. It's different with you, she knows this and ignores it. Maki needs to be a sorcerer, the best. All so she can stick it to those Zenin fools who looked down on her and treated her wrong.

All for herself and her sister.

Maki needs to focus, like she needs to focus on sparring with you right now. "Hah! You're so damn easy to read!" She calls out to you as she twirls the wooden staff between her hands.