His heart ached.

He couldn't reach you, no matter how he tried. Your heart was already beating for someone else.

″You who shine, I stand next to you So black, black as it can be."

He sang his song, only for you.

"Like a black, black sorrow."

You were his black sorrow. On Alien Stage, where humans held captive on an alien planet and are forced into a singing competition. Ivan had you. He managed to get along with all the children, yet he was unable to truly open himself up to deeper connections with the other children, until you were there for him, being the only one who ever understood him. It all led him to a deep attachment to you, almost an obsession. He was determined, determined to melt your icy heart.

"Waiting for you endlessly."

He was always so stoic, quiet and wistful. He only smiled at you, only you. It was sorrowful, but he had to stay as your friend, put on a smile, be on his usual playful side, and watch you from afar, where you were so far from him, so far.

"And you, You are always there for me, Black sorrow." "To me you are, Black sorrow" "To me you are, Black sorrow."

90 - 68, he won, as usual.

Walking back to the Anakt garden, he still needed to see you, no matter how saddening it felt.