Eureka!!!

Malenia: "...And then he tried to ask me out, but I'm just not interested in subordinates like that, y'know?" 

Kanami: "I totally get it, girl."

Malenia: "So then once I refused him, he started to get all depressed and mopey, and it was visibly affecting his work with the children." 

Kanami: "Oh no... so what did you do?"

Malenia: "I had to go out with him! If for no other reason than just to get him to stop going in the bathroom to cry between classes."

Kanami: "Ever the altruist... Alright, so how'd it go?" 

Malenia: "It was terrible. I've never considered myself to be a suicidal person, but I thought up 22 ways to kill myself before the waiter brought us the breadsticks." 

Kanami: "What were they like?" 

Malenia: "Quick and painless mostly, but at a certain point I had to get more creative and considered hanging myself with my thong." 

Kanami: "No, I meant the breadsticks."