1 - Between what we were and what we will be

'I love you.'

'So you keep saying.'

'I really do, I...'

And then Aguni realized. The problem was that no matter how much he loved you, he didn't know how to take care of you. Or maybe you just didn't need someone to fulfill that role anymore.

He had problems finding middle ground ― if you were too far away, he felt frozen. If you were too close, you burnt him. Or was it the other way around?

Back in the real world, it had been as simple as seeing your toothbrush next to his every night before going to sleep.

Now it wasn't.