Hotsuya looked at Yui's face with an odd expression. They were walking back home, her true colors revealed and her gradually rising concern that Yui would leave her was gone. Goen in an instant. But still..
She couldn't help but still look at those bored eyes. They held no expression at all, and is mostly stoic. Even though she tries to make him look at her, he avoids it, eventually gazing at another object somewhere.
The lie that he can keep up is amazing. Just like a sugar-coated knife, through his stoic face she knew that he was having troubles, mainly because of Hotsuya. But she couldn't quite remember what she had do to make him like this.
Hotsuya then gently grabbed Yui's hoodie. Yui stopped and looked at her only to seemingly wince once more before averting his gaze somewhere else. Just like how she had made him reveal her true colors, she would also do it to Yui.
"Is there anything you need?" Yui asked. Hotsuya's face gradually reminding of 'her' the one that he used to love.
Hotsuya then grabbed hi gentle face, making Yui's eyes widened and he slapped away her hand in response, almost immediately. He started to panic, his breathing got faster before he looked at Hotsuya's wincing face.
"I-I'm sorry, I just..."
"You seem to always look away after looking at me for a few seconds. What's wrong?" Seemingly like the bright sun, Hotsuya approached Yui and held his hands.
"I-" Yui suddenly made a frown. "Its none of your business." Hotsuya clicked her tongue.
"Now you're just hiding away all of your problems." Hotsuya tightened her fist while the back of her hand was red, seemingly slapped. "What difference does that make? Why are you being so self-sacrificial, idiot! All you're doing is just running away!"
Yui's shocked expression made Hotsuya realized what she had just said before making a depressed expression. "I just... want you to be a little bit more honest with me." Those words, were the same words he said to her.
"I just... don't want to be betrayed by the same one that became my whole life again." Yui weakly said, his voice running dry while Hotsuya held his hands.
"Then I'm not betraying you. Just like how you aren't going to leave me. Okay?"
"Okay." He weakly agreed while Hotsuya started to walk once more while holding Yui's soft hands. His eyes still looking at the ground.
"This time, we'll look together without lies."
"Okay." He once more weakly agreed.