[Irene’s POV]
I took back my hand from Ryu’s, dropping my gaze.
The guilt I tried to suppress came flooding over me.
“I know you have known it even before I could realise or name my feelings for you and trust me, you don’t have to do anything about it,” Ryu said. “I know for you it has always been Zane and it will always be him. As much as it hurts me to accept that, I don’t want to make things even more difficult for you.”
I didn’t know what to tell him or how to react. I liked Ryu, but as a friend. I never saw him like that, but I was well aware of his gaze and what it meant all this time. I thought over these years his feelings for me would fade, but it just grew stronger and that scared me.
But I had to face it, I couldn’t run from Ryu anymore.
“You are right Ryu. For me, it w
