"Yeah," Konoka said, a small smile on her face again. "Tea sounds wonderful." It made her think of her friends, and Negi. Ah, she missed them, and she didn't know when she'd ever see them again. It just made her feel the pain of her missing friends all the more.

But it didn't show. At the very least, the fact that she might see them again was what kept her from breaking again.

...but maybe...

"Excuse me for a moment." Konoka decided to take a moment and flee. Have a good cry. Maybe she'd been bottling things up too much after all.