"I love you,' he breathes and I don't know how this happened. I know that he's soft and warm beneath my hands and somehow I know that I'd do anything to protect him from the terrors he rescued me from. I kiss him and pull him tight against me…I can remember my sister's name…He mewls as I press him further into the bed.

This boy saved me from the hell I'd been trapped in and was the only light to reach me in the darkness and I think I love him too.

"I love you too, Souta," Kohaku replies.