Rikku shrugged, smiling a little at the other girl. "He misses you, you know?"

"And I think he, uh, wanted to make sure it was okay with me or whatever, which is ... I mean, it's not like that, you know? So I started thinking, oh, man, is that why he hasn't? 'Cause that would suck." She fussed with her hair again, blushing a little. "Yeah, and I kinda, uh. With the time-thing, sorry. I really didn't mean to - you know. Mess up you guys or whatever."