He's Been Spreading Rumours

The poor girl was still looking off into empty space with a dead look in her eyes even after the girls had finished their performance.

I went ahead to wave my hand in front of her face but that did not get a reaction from her so I had to shake her to wake her up.

"Hey? You ok? Wake up."

She blinked before her eyes focused again and she slowly turned to me.

"Ah… I'm… I'm ok now… You can let go now…"

I did as she asked and sat back down on my seat, my eyes still watching her closely in case she 'relapsed'.

As expected, she clutched her face with her hands and groaned into it, her voice muffled by her hands.

I actually felt a little bad for her so I went over to her and started patting her on the back, "There, there… It's ok. It's not your fault. Ok, actually it kind of is but well, that's where you learn from your mistakes, right?"