Love is a complicated thing, rather... a fragile thing. We tend to, as humans, hold things back that we are unsure and scared of. Even if the end result would be something warm and tangible like this.

[Because of course even at a time like this. He speaks clinically, from the way that makes the most sense to him. Plus, how do you even begin to explain love when you have hardly ever felt such a warm emotion before. It's....nice in a way.]

You aren't foolish for waiting and neither am I, correct? We only took the necessary time in front of us to say something.

[In a place where time is so uncertain. He would never call Megumi a fleeting romance, but, who knows how much time they truly have before they are forced to go back to their own worlds and live their own lives again. He tilts his head up to kiss her back, gentle and caring.]

Long enough, but....perhaps I finally realized something at the turn of the new year. Something felt right, and I didn't look back.

[For a man of few words....he sure had plenty to say just now.]