Love 1: Blunt and Direct
"I love you."
"What?"
"I love you."
"You're...you're joking." A sly smile, a twinkle in their eye, and a delicate face.
"Sence...sence when?"
"Sence the 7th grade."
"You've loved me? All these years and you never said a word?" A laugh.
"Well, it's a pretty hard thing to admit to yourself."
A few steps closer, a few more steps. His warm hands gripped her arms and slowly moved them up to her face. "I love you...I love you so much, Ayumi."