It felt as if his heart dropped to his stomach when you suddenly said those words.

"It'll pass," Toji murmurs in response, though it seems more like he's trying to tell himself that than you, his expression denying the inner turmoil that festered within him. His voice is low and quiet as he stares out the window, turning his gaze away from you. The air stills, the silence thickening between the two of them as he awkwardly glances down at all the people walking around the fair, enjoying their time.

You had invited him out to the funfair that had just recently arrived in town, planning to confess your feelings to him once you were in the ferris wheel, and the time was right. It was also an excuse to give him better things to spend his money on and to have him relax for once.

The view was too beautiful for him to feel the way he did. You were too beautiful..

He didn't exactly reject you, but at the same time he didn't tell you he felt the same. He will never be able to love the same again, not after what happened with his late wife.