I'm sure you know why this wasn't easy to bring up. Or why I felt a little more... embarrassed than usual being around you.
[She stops, drops her gaze again.]
... I'm sorry.
[It was never his fault that any of that happened, and the fact that he thought that she was uncomfortable around him. Sure, it could be seen that way, but that it was far more complicated than that.]
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[Her shoulders rise and fall with a light sigh.]
I'm sure you know why this wasn't easy to bring up. Or why I felt a little more... embarrassed than usual being around you.
[She stops, drops her gaze again.]
... I'm sorry.
[It was never his fault that any of that happened, and the fact that he thought that she was uncomfortable around him. Sure, it could be seen that way, but that it was far more complicated than that.]