[When she meets his lips with hers, he kisses back firmly, wanting to let her know that he's right here and that he isn't going anywhere. There's a strange sort of vulnerability in this moment, one that Gai is no longer a stranger to, yet it still manages to catch him off-guard every time it happens. He's pretty sure he likes it, though. As long as Elizabeth is the one causing it, he doesn't mind at all.]

I wasn't sure I could feel anything towards other people like this until I met you. As far as I could tell, that was something that had been broken out of me a long time ago. I wasn't even surprised when Inori chose Shu instead of me... especially not when she said it was because of how human he was.

Turns out it was for the best anyway.