"HUH?!"
Jerusha's eyes widened at Raye's confession. Her head violently snapped in his direction.
Thump- thump- thump—
Her heart started beating loudly and her face heated up. If Jerusha was a cartoon—smoke would've already risen from her head with how hard she was feeling embarrassed.
Then finally, in that moment—
"..."
Raye faced her.
"I've actually decided before to tell you how I feel after everything had calmed down. Once the chaos settled."
"But I realized that... That was actually just me trying to run away."
He declared while looking at her in the eyes.
'It's too bold of me to assume that everything will go just like in the game story... That this world will have a happy ending.'
'That I'll survive till the end...'
He thought as heaviness filled his heart, then after that short pause—
"I don't want to regret not being able to tell you how I feel..."
Raye mumbled.
"Jerusha..."
He called for her.
And with a straight face, cheeks blushing—
"I love you."
