Yeah, she knew.. She shouldn't give up yet, she should fight for it, but.. this time it was really hopeless, right? Kyouko wasn't one to give up quickly in general, she would usually fight until the bitter end, but this felt different. There was nothing to fight this time, nothing but the inevitable. And he was standing there in front of her, holding her hand, and shouting that desperately.. This was why she shouldn't have gotten involved with people in the first place. It would only hurt her in the end, and.. it would only hurt others too. If only he wouldn't have gotten involved with her, this wouldn't have been a problem. Then no one would have cared about what happened to one more or less homeless kid, then he wouldn't have to look at her with that kind of expression..

Normally she wasn't one to do this quickly at all with all her tsun, but she just couldn't stand just seeing him there with that expression, and somehow she felt that if she wouldn't do it now, she would never have the chance anymore. That expression of his' was enough to trigger just something protective in her, and she quickly snuck her free arm around him to pull him close to her before he could protest against it, hugging him like that. As if she was trying to protect him from something that wasn't even there. She should have protected him from herself, but.. it was already far too late for that.

"... Sorry." Her voice was a bit softer, since nobody but him needed to hear it either way and she was already holding him close. "I wish I could say it differently, but.. there's nothing to be done about this."