Shinji: On EdgeI’d given Taka a week to think about things, but he still wasn’t seeing it. I was probably rushing it a bit. Hell, he’d only just figured out that he loved me, though he hadn’t said it out loud yet. But I couldn’t shake this feeling that I was running out of time. That if I let it go much longer, we’d miss this chance. I hated the distance it was putting between us, but I knew it was a necessary part of my plan.
Who was I kidding? I was terrified. What if I calculated it all wrong? What if I’d just pushed my own feelings and desires onto them, making me see what wasn’t there? God, what if I broke us, them, in my selfish need to have things my way?
Still, I kept going. I’d already committed to this path. There was no stopping to question things now. So I gave him a week, be
