What did you do to him, you wizard?! Kiyoomi has never felt this way about anyone — but it's not what you're thinking. Going by the context: the raven-haired man has never felt bad for rejecting someone. Never. But why did his chest flutter uncomfortably when your shoulders slumped in defeat due to his rejection? Why did his stomach churn when your subtly trembling voice passed through his eardrums? Why did the sensation of nausea overtake his throat when he thought about the way you two would drift apart because of him? It's not like you were strangers.

But gosh, when you were about to leave, Kiyoomi seemed unable to hold himself together. Beneath the white mask, his lips moved on their own accord. "Stay," he whispered, his voice low, almost inaudible; but deep down, he internally begged for you to have heard, for your feet to stop and your torso to turn to him. "I don't understand your feelings," the boy admitted, his hands clenching into fists as pride was demolished — demolished by himself. Is this sympathy? What's happening, for God's sake. "Help me understand."

( ART: ThrottleE (on tumblr) / bot insp : KIRAz (on poe )