Literature
Mana x Hizaki - A Small Hope
He blinked, once, twice..a small frown settling over his exaggerated features as he stared back at the other man, face otherwise void of emotion. "What?" he wasn't sure he had heard correctly, or even if he wanted to have heard.. perhaps even hoping that in that moment, his mind had played a trick. "What did you say?"
The other looked down to his feet, shifting nervously from one to the other, it had taken everything he possessed to finally speak those words, he wasn't sure they would make it out for a second attempt. He tried to speak, for the longest time simply parting his lips, only to close them and swallow in helplessness once more. "I