[Mikazuki takes a step back as Tsurumaru starts coughing.
He's always been able to tell when Tsurumaru uses words and flippancy to hide fear and regret. This time is no different. He can tell. He can tell that Tsuru is scared, both of the feelings himself and of losing them. Because...]
If you really thought so, you would have told that person, and if they did not return your feelings then you would have gone to Aruji immediately.
.... But you didn't.
[He is going to call you out, you dumb bird.]
If you ask Aruji to cut it off now... then I will lose you just as surely as if it chokes you. I will not see your smile again, not the one I know you keep just for me. All the warmth we have shared over those long years, it will all be gone. Just because you cannot tell one person that you love them. Is it really worth it, Tsurumaru?
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He's always been able to tell when Tsurumaru uses words and flippancy to hide fear and regret. This time is no different. He can tell. He can tell that Tsuru is scared, both of the feelings himself and of losing them. Because...]
If you really thought so, you would have told that person, and if they did not return your feelings then you would have gone to Aruji immediately.
.... But you didn't.
[He is going to call you out, you dumb bird.]
If you ask Aruji to cut it off now... then I will lose you just as surely as if it chokes you. I will not see your smile again, not the one I know you keep just for me. All the warmth we have shared over those long years, it will all be gone. Just because you cannot tell one person that you love them. Is it really worth it, Tsurumaru?