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[Confession, demisexual/romantic themes for balam and kalego. K - Kalego S - Shichiro. Dialog only. blehh idk ]
K: “Have you ever thought about love?”
S: “Huh!???”
K: “What? Why are you acting so shocked, it's just a question.”
S: “Sorry, it's just I never expected you of all people to ask something like that.”
K: “What do you mean?”
S: ”Well, we've known each other for over a decade now, and you've never once seemed even remotely interested in romance. Everytime a girl would ask you out you'd reject her, quite harshly too, so I just kinda assumed it wasn't something you liked.”
K: “What?? Of course it is!!”
S: “Really??”
K: “yes, I'm very interested in romance, I just prefer to not talk about it (it's embarrassing), besides I've just never felt that kind of connection with anyone, especially those girls.”
K: “I mean come on, for one they came to me immediately with the idea of entering a romantic relationship with me, who does that?? Romance is built on trust, you need to build a strong alliance with someone first, it's not something you can just jump into immediately.”
S: “Oh! Yes!!! I know exactly how you feel, I'm the same way!”
K: “You are?”
S: “Yeah, you know trust is super important to me, given my bloodline ability and all.”
K: “Right.”
S: “So, I wanna be with someone I can trust enough so I don’t have to use buzzer around them all the time, you know?”
K: “Do you use buzzer around me?”
S: “No of course not…”
K: “So…”
S: “...So…”
S: “I guess I'd wanna be with someone like you Kalego, Someone I could trust as much as I trust you, and I suppose someone I've known as long as you too.”
K: “So what? Like our terrible senpai?”
S: “What!!?? No way, it's true I've known them about as long as I've known you, and I don't distrust them…. But I don't exactly trust them 100% either…”
K: “So…. ?? Who else then?”
S: “Uhm…. I don't know.”
K: “Why not me?”
S: “Wha—?!??”
K: “Well, if you want to be with someone you trust as much as you trust me, and someone you've known as long as you've known me, wouldn't the most logical option just be me?”
K: “Unless you don't find me attractive, I guess that's always a factor in these types of things.”
S: “What!?? No way, You’re very attractive!! Besides, looks don't matter to me even if you weren't!!”
K: “So…?”
S: “....I mean…. I suppose it'd be nice….”
K: “Well, let's date then.”
S: “W-wha!! Really??”
K: “Do you want to?”
S: “...I do…”
K: “Well, I do too.”
S: “...”
K: “...”
K: “I love you, Shichiro.”
S: “A..are you just saying that….?”
K: “No. I really love you. If I'm being honest, I've wanted to be with you for a long time.”
S: “....Me too.”
K: “Well then why are you being so weird about this? If we've both wanted this for a while, why didn't you ever just tell me? Especially just earlier when I asked what kind of person you'd want to be with?”
S: “W-Well you didn't say anything either!!”
K: “I didn't know if you liked me that way….”
S: “That's the same reason I never told you either…”
K: “...ah…”
K: “I'm sorry…”
S: “Me too…”
K: “Well… we both know now. So…”
S: “...”
S: “I love you…”
K: “I love you too.”