[So Joshua... never got close to anyone like this before? All of a sudden Ryoji's trail of thought traveled to that kiss which Riku-kun had initiated during one of the events, and how Josh had acted right afterwards. Granted, when Ryoji teased him about it, asking if it was a first for him, he still thought that Joshua was fifteen back at the time, but...
Surprises. Surprises everywhere again.]
I see...
[And Josh... was telling the truth, wasn't he? It's just that for someone like Ryoji... this was something really, really hard to believe. Then again, everybody was different, and everybody had different ways of living. And this was just yet another thing he found in Joshua to be fascinating, in a way.
Truth to be told, just imagining himself in such a position... made Ryoji think that he would die of loneliness, sooner or later. ... Probably a lot more sooner than later, at that.]
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Surprises. Surprises everywhere again.]
I see...
[And Josh... was telling the truth, wasn't he? It's just that for someone like Ryoji... this was something really, really hard to believe. Then again, everybody was different, and everybody had different ways of living. And this was just yet another thing he found in Joshua to be fascinating, in a way.
Truth to be told, just imagining himself in such a position... made Ryoji think that he would die of loneliness, sooner or later. ... Probably a lot more sooner than later, at that.]
... Did you never get lonely?