That hurt. It stabbed at her, the last hope she'd had that it hadn't all been a mistake, that her first kiss had been a complete and utter disaster. She knew she hadn't guarded her face well enough not to let the pain show for half a second before she could compose herself again.

With admirable decorum given the circumstances and how he backed away like she smelled, Sisse smoothed her features took a step away as well and gave a curt nod. "I understand." The words jammed untruthfully as they brusquely left her lips. She felt like she was presenting herself maturely in this at least. Now all she had to do was step away and hide her mortification, the stinging at her eyes, until she could at the very least make it to an empty corridor.