This was kind of heartbreaking. I remember when she was trying to explain it without using the word "game", and thinking that her reasoning made perfect sense. So does the fear of not wanting to say too much because then it'll turn out to all be a dream or something....

And then, he's angry; she apologizes; and he forgives her because they're both grownups. That's the lovely thing about this whole fic.

I went in completely blind... Not like others, who look up the information, find out how to manipulate events to their own ends.

Heh. That would be me.