"It kind of blows my mind," Emi admitted quietly. "That anyone wants anything to do with me."

All it took was a change of scenery. Of course, he knew that. It could have been easy to change things around, if he'd just left. Whether or not it would have made him any happier, Emi couldn't say. And if he had gone, then Eiji would have...

"I should have come to talk to you, I just..." Emi gave an almost helpless shrug of his shoulders. He finally glanced back over at her, something shy and fragile there.

He just hadn't known what to do.