please do not lick the fourth wall

Maki made a face, her expression smushing into a grimace almost. She didn't want to say and had been thinking of a better way to deny it, a more believable way except it was obvious that Delphi knew he wasn't real. So why even deny it? Even Maki thought it was kinda dumb, and most things were worth her while in some form or another, yanno? She didn't confirm but her silence spoke volumes, he was made up. An OC that lived rent-free in her head, not the only one but one of many who she just thought about, wondering how they'd react to this or that scenario.

"I dunno." She admitted with a lame shrug of her shoulders. Maki supposed she'd never thought about it much before, had been happy enough with her little fantasies. It felt fulfilling, like it was enough, but was it? "Maybe. He's kinda cool.."