I think I actually liked you first, before I realized your soul was what I needed. I've never actually liked someone, so it made my head hurt. I tried to convince myself that just meant that I wanted to eat you, but that first time I put you to sleep and didn't do anything meant that wasn't true.

So it was around then, but I didn't really realize until you performed for me. But I didn't know how to deal with how it made me feel at all. So I guess...I knew that I liked you and wanted you first, so wanting to eat your soul was never the real reason why.

[ ...that's so embarrassing to say, but he's come to terms with it. maybe it's a bit romantic too, in that minami's heart beat his stomach to the punch.

ah, he can feel how flushed his cheeks are. ]

Even now it makes me feel—dizzy. [ that's why he feels so lightheaded right? and not the thin air of the shrine? ]

Tsukasa— [ minami is light, but he stops just short of fainting, leaning most of his weight onto tsukasa instead. ]