I don't think we were, [ Yu says slowly. Official? That would imply they'd at all agreed to really be a couple, ever, much less on this go around. That never happened. Yet Minato had found a way to dump him anyway, somehow.

He nods, the motion short. ]

Yeah. I confronted him about it and whether or not he'd ever tell me... he admitted he was never going to. [ He sounds so bitter and let down. ]

All along... he was just going along with things. When I asked him out... he had reservations even back then, but never said anything.

[ Yu leans forward, pressing the cold can to his forehead. ]

I never had a choice in this from the very beginning. He lied to me for so long, and now that I've gotten him to admit the truth... he's walking away from me. It's like he never really considered what I wanted or was trying to do. He just made all these decisions on his own without ever telling me anything! What was I supposed to do?

[ Without realizing it he's let his voice raise, to nearly a yell by the end. With a soft sound he reins himself back in, sighing heavily. ]

... why did we ever start this if he was always going to walk away in the end? I just... I don't understand.