"... You guys are pretty weak."
Ciara's sudden words hit the her two friends like a sledgehammer. Their hearts were broken, and the relieved look on their faces vanished once again.
"A-ah..." Serah and Sam simultaneously mumbled, a little glint of tears forming in their eyes.
Ciara instantly realized that she had chosen the wrong sets of words and unintentionally struck a nerve within her friends.
"No, no! I didn't mean it that way!"
Serah and Sam didn't appear convinced by her words. She wasn't wrong, now was she? Both of them were weak. Ciara knew it, they knew it, and now Ciara had just told them point-blank.
"You don't have to sugarcoat it, Ciara. We get it..." Serah sniffed.
"Yeah. Especially after seeing someone like you. There's nothing you can say to convince us." Sam added.
Ciara was in a tight spot. She had to come up with something, else her friends would be the new ones in depression, and not her.
'Sigh... well then. I guess there's only one way...'
