[Continue to think that. Yes, it was totally a blow to the stomach]
...
[To be honest, he half-expected her to do just that but apparently Ann could tell that he was in no mood to play 20 questions and she mercifully took the hint]
I don't need the encouragement, I have climbed stairs before.. [Definitely extra prickly with a side of snark. Kaiba paused only briefly when he felt her arm around him. It was such a bizarre thing to do. Normally he would have pulled himself away but a jerky movement would have wrecked him.. again.] ... Sorry. I'm not used to ...this. [There, she got an apology. He knew how he was being, and he didn't really want to direct his negative emotions to her]
Ice, and plenty of it.
[If it's even acquirable. The trip up the stairs gave him plenty of time to fixate on her proximity to him. Why was she going to all this trouble? He had full use of his legs, he would get there eventually. That actually seemed to make the task go faster with his mind otherwise occupied. They reached the next floor before he expected to]
no subject
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[To be honest, he half-expected her to do just that but apparently Ann could tell that he was in no mood to play 20 questions and she mercifully took the hint]
I don't need the encouragement, I have climbed stairs before.. [Definitely extra prickly with a side of snark. Kaiba paused only briefly when he felt her arm around him. It was such a bizarre thing to do. Normally he would have pulled himself away but a jerky movement would have wrecked him.. again.] ... Sorry. I'm not used to ...this. [There, she got an apology. He knew how he was being, and he didn't really want to direct his negative emotions to her]
Ice, and plenty of it.
[If it's even acquirable. The trip up the stairs gave him plenty of time to fixate on her proximity to him. Why was she going to all this trouble? He had full use of his legs, he would get there eventually. That actually seemed to make the task go faster with his mind otherwise occupied. They reached the next floor before he expected to]