calming starter sentences
“Do you want to talk about it?”

「 烜 」 Did he really?—— No.
No, he most certainly did not.
He did not want to talk about anything, in general, nothing.
Especially personal things. Ebisu was an extremely private
person. He would never simply come out and tell someone
how he felt; that was just again his personal code.
His eyes landed on the girl before him; simple eyes, messy hair, and
her general expectations shining in those dusty brown eyes;
and he truthfully wanted to run for the hills; Straight as far away
from Maito Gai’s student as possible— because somehow she
reminded him of his old teammate; even though they were
not a thing alike.
He fought the urge to snort at her;
❝ No—I believe I do not wish to speak about it. ❞
He brought up a hand to brush away invisible lint from his cotton shinobi shirt.
Perhaps one day she would learn about him.
