She was there, right there. Standing like someone who was near yet so far. And when she turned her face around, and looked at him with a smile even though her eyes were full of tears, her cheeks were wet, she looked like she didn't care any of that right now. When she looked back at him, she looked sad, hopeless, distressed.
She looked… lonely.
Ryo still didn't process the feeling he got from her, but just then she said those words, taking him by surprise.
"Rioux, I am giving up on you."
"Huh?" Ryo couldn't process what she said for a while. "Giving up on me, what do you mean?"
