"Would knowing the answer to that or not change the fact that you'll still be training until you can't help but pass ou--"

Well, at least he let her come close to finishing her sentence.

"......" Oh...this feeling...

...actually, it was a little...tight...but it triggered a familiar squeezing sensation in her chest. It seemed like eons since she'd inhaled that familiar scent Akihiko always seemed to carry in his hair. Even if they were in the middle of a foreign camp somewhere strange...for a moment, she felt as though they were back in Iwatodai, in the dorm...

"....." She remained speechless, slack-jawed, staring up at the familiar sight of flushed cheeks and softened eyes...ah, no...