I'll take the blame for that. I'm worried you'll get bored of me, so we can both be worried together. [ Akira doesn't know how long it'll take before either of them can believe that the other is there to stay. Years, probably. He wants there to be a day when, in the future, they can take each other for granted; when they don't have to worry that every day might be their last.

He believes in that kind of a future, even if it's terrifying.

And then, more lightheartedly: ]

I used to read your interviews in those teen magazines where they asked you about your 'ideal woman'.