Rinoa straightened up, suddenly. "Don't be like that," she said, biting her lip. "The world almost ended and I thought I'd lost him. It just happened, and I'm not ... sorry about it. I love him."

She forgot that she was supposed to say 'loved,' now that they were broken up. More or less. (Weren't they?)

She watched him for a long moment.

"Do you know why I never ..... with you?" she asked.