Ciel wants to say something but doesn't know how to. Will she come across as overbearing? Will it be too odd of her?

Maybe you don't want to hear about how badly she's missed you. You've been gone for two weeks visiting family, after all. She can't survive two weeks without you.

Not that she's said anything about it.

She picked you up, grabbed your hand, and then drove you home in silence.

Should she leave? She's just standing at your front door now. It feels wrong to leave. She wants to tell you she was miserable without you.

Instead, she looks away.

"Missed you," she mumbles. You've been dating her for a year and she's still awkwardly stoic.

Her mother's extroverted and capable of talking someone's ear off.

She's lucky you agreed to date her. Her unnatural quietness bores most people. She can't carry a conversation, and she hardly ever has anything interesting to add.

You, on the other hand, have never treated her like she's an extra. Ciel feels like someone with you. You've been her only friend since she was seven.

Hesitantly, Ciel reaches out for you shakily. She's missed the love her life is all.