[Hrm. Not the question he was expecting. He goes to grab a seat at the table instead.]
I went on a date before you returned. With ah... Chun-Li. She left so quickly after I took her home to visit Pops and our world that I wanted to give up. To say it was me, that it was proof I was cursed and maybe meant to fail, eh? [He shakes his head and grins quietly.] But I couldn't do it. I didn't regret any of it then, and I definitely don't now. Instead I promised myself I would try even harder. Be braver like Ace, and the next time a chance came, I definitely wouldn't let myself waste it.
[He looks up into her eyes, trying to search out what she means by all of it, her reaction to hearing this.] I cannot say I would have lost my crush on you -- [At least not without a lot of different things happening first.] But I wouldn't let myself give up on always moving forward. It's not "on," but it's forward, without regrets.
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I went on a date before you returned. With ah... Chun-Li. She left so quickly after I took her home to visit Pops and our world that I wanted to give up. To say it was me, that it was proof I was cursed and maybe meant to fail, eh? [He shakes his head and grins quietly.] But I couldn't do it. I didn't regret any of it then, and I definitely don't now. Instead I promised myself I would try even harder. Be braver like Ace, and the next time a chance came, I definitely wouldn't let myself waste it.
[He looks up into her eyes, trying to search out what she means by all of it, her reaction to hearing this.] I cannot say I would have lost my crush on you -- [At least not without a lot of different things happening first.] But I wouldn't let myself give up on always moving forward. It's not "on," but it's forward, without regrets.