I greatly respect and admire you... very much so. I admire your upholding of morals, for the good of not just yourself and your friends, but all the students who are part of the same community. So I... I deeply appreciate that and...

[ mukuro's face is surprisingly tense, her lips pursed together as if trying to prevent the words from coming out because she feels like she has to say it but oh no, she can't say it. it's kiyotaka, she's in front of him, logic dictates that since he told her to say what she was thinking, she should begin and describe the swelling in her chest whenever he walks by, or the feeling in the pit of her stomach when he does something particularly admirable. ]