LOVE CAN'T BE SAID

cooled before Reiji Takamura was b

s flashed against tinted windows. He sat silently in

the cit

o street corners, but somethi

uya. The kind of moment you forget unles

int-streaked boots, cigarette glowing at his lips. His head ti

arely a second throu

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forward. "D

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lier – Ak

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a cigarette.

being dr

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through his camera roll. "You know you've b

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at streetlight. Or why he looked up

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want that rooftop when somet

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ly if you let me previe

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ed him. "W

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someone. I can tell. You pain

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bloids. You and I are apparentl

s exactly what th

he replied. "But I do care about

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d. "No. But

n let's survive this

ed. "As

ts – Anot

p, drawing a stranger's eyes over and over again. The

und him

about your n

ot like

a brow. "The

't know yet. But it felt like... like so

r of worry in his gaze. "Just don't

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