"You put up with me. You could have put me out--and you would have been justified!" Yotsuyu snapped back at him.
Damn him, she was no good at actual apologies, and thanking him was difficult enough--though she had managed, and that was gratification in and of itself.

Not that she would admit that to Jecht. Nor was she about to kick him out, either. He'd earned that in her mind, at the very least. The right to be there.

"I am sure we can both agree, regardless of my temper, that I treated you poorly. And you are correct in that I did not give you any chance to explain yourself. You were right to yell back at me. I..."

The words did not want to come, but Yotsuyu forced them out anyway, perhaps a bit too quickly. "I am sorry."