"Oh..."

The woman walked away from Heizou, leaving him there with a bag of pretty roses in hand. He had gotten them just for her, and she didn't even take them.

That night, Heizou wouldn't answer your calls. He didn't strike you as the kind to be damaged and destroyed by one rejection, and he even said that he was prepared for it when he told you about it, despite how your heart seemed to break from the discovery of him being into someone else.

Tonight, you would have to put your own personal feelings aside. Just be the friend that he needs right now, not the lover he's trying to find.

You had walked through the night and to his apartment door, knocking and waiting for him to open the door. When the door opened, you were let in by a rather tired Heizou, who then shut the door behind you and locked it. Without even turning to you, he spoke to you, as if answering an everyday question.

"My phone was on silent, sorry."