[October 28th!] SOBS..just...sobs

[And for a long moment after that confession, Gai just stares, not sure what to think or how to respond. He'd known that Shu looked up to him and wanted to be like him, sure, but that it was because of love and not just mere admiration... it comes as a shock to him. How long had he been blind to this?]

Shu...

[Gai has never been good with words in emotional situations. Instead, he decides to answer Shu's confession the only way he really knows how: by tilting Shu's face up towards his with one hand and leaning in...]