Not just for dating me! Though I really do appreciate that too.
[AIADA'S GETTING LOVEBOMBED SO HARD]
I really do mean it. For everything. I wouldn't have been able to feel anything like this when I showed up here! You've really helped me out. I don't feel anything like I did back home... which I guess was frustrated, maybe? Low-key frustrated, probably. But I don't feel like that anymore and look at all the stuff I can do with my emotions now! I don't kill flowers anymore and I can even make them! Though they're really tiny, I'm working on that.
I guess I'm just really, really glad I met you. And I'm so happy that we're dating! I don't think it'd be possible for me to be happier!
Well, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure either. You were really nice to me though, and patient with me when I had no idea what I was doing. You also let me be around you a lot and I think I picked up on how to express and experience emotion from you. Well, the really positive stuff you usually give off, at least!
...And then there was the whole... apathy thing. I didn't like a lot of what I felt, but it was genuine and real and it was the first time I'd experienced a lot of that. I don't ever want to go through that again and I definitely don't want you to go through that again... but I did get to experience stuff I hadn't before, so there's that!
I guess you didn't really need to do anything. I just needed you in my life!
[AND APPARENTLY THIS IS THE PERFECT CONCLUSION BECAUSE A GLITTERBOMB GOES OFF.]
...That sort of thing is exactly what I was trying to tell you about before - when I said there are no truly bad experiences. There are negative things that we go through sometimes, but the experiences overall are good things to have.
While you were apathetic like that. I was afraid you wouldn't get to feel anything again. I didn't really know what to do to help either and it felt like I wasn't doing anything, so... I was really scared that you'd be stuck like that. And even though I wasn't that bad off... I could at least kinda get what it was like and knowing you'd be apathetic like that was just... really horrible.
[That sure was a great explanation. He's staring down at the ground (and boy is it a fascinating view) instead of looking at Tsukiyama.]
[...Well, the ground is a good long way down, so the view probably is really interesting, but that's not the point right now; for the time being, he just moves a bit closer, and reaches out to play with Ryuunosuke's hair a little.]
You really were helping me, even if you couldn't relieve the apathy. I couldn't feel much about it at the moment, but...having someone around that I could trust and knew would keep me safe was a good thing. I needed you there; I don't like thinking about what could have happened if you weren't.
And I'm all right now. It was difficult at the time, but I'm fine.
[O-oh, that's really nice... He'll lean into that after a moment, alright. He's bright red and grinning a lot, but wow, you're really good at making him feel special.]
I'm so happy I could be there for you. I'm so, so glad I could help.
You don't ever have to worry about being alone, because I'll always be by your side.
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