That's a good thing to be, of course, and for the most part Akira isn't a man of many secrets. Just the ones he's learned from experience would upset people if he admitted to them, so he keeps them shoved away in...an admittedly not tightly locked box. He has far too little shame to put that much effort into hiding them.
But this is one of those things that might upset someone, and someone important at that. Feelings are complicated things, things with the power to change people and relationships fundamentally, both for better and for worse.
And he doesn't have nearly enough data to say which way admitting to something like this could go.
But he makes the mistake of looking into those curious eyes and once again his heart is seized. ]
Well...I wanted to.
[ Despite the nerves, he keeps his eyes on Haruaki's, searching for any kind of reaction. ]
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That's a good thing to be, of course, and for the most part Akira isn't a man of many secrets. Just the ones he's learned from experience would upset people if he admitted to them, so he keeps them shoved away in...an admittedly not tightly locked box. He has far too little shame to put that much effort into hiding them.
But this is one of those things that might upset someone, and someone important at that. Feelings are complicated things, things with the power to change people and relationships fundamentally, both for better and for worse.
And he doesn't have nearly enough data to say which way admitting to something like this could go.
But he makes the mistake of looking into those curious eyes and once again his heart is seized. ]
Well...I wanted to.
[ Despite the nerves, he keeps his eyes on Haruaki's, searching for any kind of reaction. ]
I've wanted to for some time, to be honest.