[Makoto sat up and shook his head. It was a valiant effort, but when you have a blunt roommate that's sick of your angst, Gokudera, there's not much you can hide.]

I-I meant about the crush...

[He could only fathom how horrified Gokudera must have been feeling at that moment. His heart was revealed and now out in the open for him to either hold or to stomp into the ground like a cigarette butt.]

And I wanted to say that...!

That...I don't think it's wrong...the way you feel.

[He had been thinking about what to say on the way there, why couldn't he just say it normally?]

You and I have a strong bond, Hayato...I...

I'm not disgusted by you or even at the thought of us...ah...[Being together.]

A-and...I want to stay by your side and...

I don't want you to hurt anymore so....

ah....

[Smooth, Makoto.]