"Ah," Genis gasped, eyes turning down to their hands as his fingers twitched against the back of Mithos's hand. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest then as acutely as he could feel Mithos's grip on his hand.

"That's not it," he answered, looking up at his friend's face again. When he looked at him like that he was actually a little scary... But after all, he was the only one Mithos saw as a friend in a long time. Saying they would be lonely probably did sound like having Mithos's friendship alone wasn't enough.

He was scared, but he felt bad, too. However cold Mithos looked now, he was probably hurt, too.

"I'm sorry. It's not that it's not enough... I really like you, Mithos. I'm going to stay beside you forever. It doesn't matter if there's anyone else or not. We'll always be friends."