Yeah, I know. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time saying it...

[He could freely admit at least that to himself. He knew how he felt when he was around her, when he was hanging out with her, when they just sat and chatted like this... The only problem was making himself tell her. If he did, it could hurt the friendship they had, and that would be worse than anything else. If he didn't, it would just gnaw at him. Whatever happened, he had to make a choice. He just hoped he'd be able to live with the choice he finally made.]

...I like you, Riwane. As in I've got a huge crush on you and think about you all the time like I'm gonna explode, that kinda like.

[Well, now to wait for disaster to strike.