For 241 - pairing: Mirei/Yuuya
39. Bound
He doesn't kiss her.
He can't think of kissing her with dust in her hair or that dull look in her eyes.
Taiga makes her smile. It's just a little bit but it's present. She can be happy. Even if it's not with him.
If she is in fact this way because of his Father's arrogance, it would be the height of stupidity to assume he had any right to get closer to her, any hope of feeling what he wanted.
He prefers accomplishable goals, in the end.