Title: Dubitare
Prompt: Mazume Week Day 3 / Glance
Fandom: Hirunaka no Ryuusei
Character/Pairing: Mazume
A/N: Ahahaha, I knew angst was coming at some point.
Summary: His heart is a muddy place, filled with doubts and fears.
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"I love you," she says, her face as red as her dress. Her fingers tremble as they hold his, small ripples travelling up his arm. Suzume looks down for a moment, then back to him. "At least, I think I'm starting to."
Her eyes bore into his, as honest as ever. Mamura stares back into them, too surprised to turn away. It takes a moment for the shock to wear off and for his skin burn.
"You…" His voice fails him and if she wasn't holding his hands, he'd hide his face behind them. As it is, he reflexively turns his head.
"I'm falling for you," she repeats, her voice trembling as much as her hands are. Her skin turns a shade darker and still he can't quite believe her words.
Me, or are you thinking of someone else, he wants to ask. Me, or are you still waiting for him?
But that's unfair of him. Even if her steps in their relationship were hesitant and slow, they were still there. It's not like she isn't trying.
There's no off-switch to the heart, now way to cross the cables and jump the connection.
He knew that going in. He knows that now.
(And still, and still, there's a twinge of jealousy, a twinge of desire. It's a muddy place, his heart.)
He looks back into her eyes. The truth lies in there as clear as ever.
If only he wasn't so afraid to read it.