Ni-Na picked on her food, not finding the appetite to eat anything since her return from her supposed vacation.
She hadn't been able to eat, and even though she hated herself for reacting this way to something she had been trying to be mature about, she still couldn't help it. She couldn't help the numbness in her chest that she had been desperately trying to shake off her.
A numbness that came from having a delayed epiphany.
What happened didn't exactly tear at her heart as anyone would think, but it ached because she knew it meant nothing to In-Ha. She had known that from the start, but she had indulged herself because, like many humans out there, she had been secretly daydreaming about the day when she'd share something with him, something special and beautiful as sex.