Romeo frowned as he listened to her try to name off all the things she did wrong. Who, or what, were those other things? Perhaps people of the same... element as she. Romeo had never before encountered something superhuman-- not before Paradisa.

Now, the drama king crossed the floor between them quickly. He took those nervous, steepled fingers into his warm hands and kissed them a hundred times in sweet, solemn apology. "I would never leave you, Deli-chan. Never. I would find a way back to you somehow. I'll always find a way back to you, just as my other friends..." He was silent for a moment. "Don't be sad anymore. I'm sorry."