You always reminded yourself that you and him were, simply put, just friends. Close, close friends, but friends nonetheless.

Alright, so maybe a chaste kiss was shared here and there, and a few touches may have landed, yet you always tried to remain as vestal as a nun. While he traveled around on the Crux with Beidou and her crew, you remained stationed in Inazuma.

The Vision-Hunt Decree had been a hard time for all Inazumans, but you knew Kazuha had lost a great deal because of it. You didn't blame him for not coming back often, but when he did, you made the most of it.

Tonight would be one of those nights. It would be the night.

The night in which you confessed to him, the night that he would embrace you for more than only a moment, the night in which all of your fleeting promises of "forever" would finally come to fruition.

"Oh." For once, the ronin was speechless. Kazuha had more-or-less expected you to speak of this topic eventually, but he hadn't been prepared for it to be tonight.

"Love is something to be treasured, however, it can brings just as much pain as it does joy. Are you sure that this is what you're experiencing?"

..alright, so maybe the cold response to your admission of besottedness hadn't been exactly what you had hoped for.