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paramnesia

1. Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.

He didn't object. He didn't object. He didn't object.

Orihime lay on her back and stared at the ivory ceiling in her quarters. She twirled her hair around an index finger and bit her lip.

She'd told him just a few hours ago of her feelings. Ulquiorra just…

Looked at her.

He didn't object.

Her stomach flip-flopped.

Was this real? Did he really tolerate what she'd told him? Or was her observation the first sign of paramnesia?

But the way he didn't object…he'd just stared. Pensively.

Months ago, he would have admonished her.

Today, he let her be.

He didn't…object.