"Its not stupid all all Maeko-chan." Seiko said gently putting her spoon down so she could rest her chin on her hands.
"A lot of people want to be needed, not to the degree your shadow showed maybe, but I imagine that... It is maybe not the best thing with Kanaye-kun." She said carefully, and wondering where exactly she fitted into Maeko's desire to be needed.
"You do have friends who you don't have that kind of relationship with, so thats progress from that place isn't it?" Seiko added reassuringly with a small sympathetic smile.
"Its different this time, because you are obviously aware of what is going on with you and Kanaye-kun, you know now what it could end up like."