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The smirk on her face fell instantly. "I didn't... I wasn't..."

Her cheeks were growing redder by the second as she stumbled through her words as fingers moved down to fidget with the corners of the placemat, "I was just teasing, Katrina, jeez. Hit a nerve much?"

While her words were defensive, her eyes refused to meet the green ones of her best friend. She made an audible scoff, shook her head hard enough to send pink curls bobbing until she finally sucked up her pride enough to mutter, "Sorry, okay?"

Her hand snaked across the counter and took hold of the dark haired girl's. Fingers entwined with fingers and she gave her hand a squeeze, feeling the cool skin of her companion against her own warmth.

"We'll always be best friends." She nodded, confirming the statement. How in the world either of them had ended up together as friends, only the Cosmos would know, but she was going to be there for KittyKat through thick and thin, just as she knew KittyKat would be there for her. "And I think the best resolution we can do for ourselves is becoming more independent. Together."

Her nose wrinkled as she released her hand, her face clearly showing its confusion. "I mean. You know. Without sounding like an oxymoron and whatever."