"It's just--" Tomoko shrugged, tucked her head again. "--I don't want to be seen without it." No superstition involved, just a quirk that she had. Perhaps one day she'd share about how she got detention by deleting the entire photo library of Amanogawa because she found a single picture of her with her ribbon not in its proper place, but... maybe now wasn't the proper time.

She did look up when he mentioned the compromise. "I'd like that." Very much, she thought. "I'm sorry I'm being difficult."