Dancing around the issues for the rest of their foreseeable lives? Which, at least in Rinoa's case could possibly be pretty long considering.

She was used to his silence and had gotten rather used to filling it with conversation, so this current silence really did feel awkward. Should she still talk like nothing was wrong? Probably not a good idea, and it was likely that even if she did try she wouldn't have been able to pull it off.

So instead she stood in the corner of the elevator, her teeth sinking delicately into her lower lip as she toyed with the rings on her necklace once again. After all there was no need to worry about if he knew she was feeling worried right about now considering everything that was going on and that had gone on.