a smile traces plumb brims at her being appreciative toward his work, a sentiment which emi had never displayed to male either. ever since mayu and him had gotten... close, ren couldn't help but notice how little emi actually did for him ; other than be nice eye-candy to her uptight friends she so desperately tried to impress. “ with his talent, he'd eventually get noticed... but, i am really happy i can contribute to it. ” expressing, having seen so much of himself in yuji, even before mayu and him knew each other. “ basically, yes. since there's the constant reminder of her name being on the papers, meaning she can terminate the contract any time... ” pausing, tongue running out over his lips for a short moment, thumb running along the back of mayu's hand subconsciously. “ my savings currently can't buy her out, unfortunately. ” offering a gentler, apologetic, smile, spare arm naturally lifting then as mayu is slipping closer to his side, digits lightly carving through strands of her hair before coming to a rest at upper part of femme's back, embracing her.
listening then, and finding out the reason as to why mayu had suddenly showed up. “ a-ah... did she now ? ” frame shifts just a bit, but not away, hand lifting to scratch along the back of his nape, a tad bit flustered mayu found out through emi, about his sudden inability to not even pretend to be in a specific mood. discovering that his mind would always trail back to mayu. too emotionally invested now, that she was the one and only person, ren wished to be intimate with —- body physically blocking out any intimacy with emi. “ i haven't, no... let's say i tried but, you know... it's pretty obvious if nothing's happening. ” a broken laughter emits, only to feel grounded at her soft touch against his cheek, head weighting into it while sighing out. “ did she, seem like she was searching for a specific reaction from you ? or... i don't know, it seems really odd, almost too calculated, that she'd tell you now, don't you think ? ” eyebrows furrowing, not quite sure either but, emi had told before how she had turned people's lives to shit, just for the fun of it. so it made sense, if she had told this tale, to see if anything would change. “ i don't want this to stop either, i... ” gaze lifts, and there's this glint of hesitation whether to continue his speech or not ; but considering their open conversation already, sharing truths and worries, ren decides to speak out. “ i think i like you, a whole lot more than i've ever felt for anyone, romantically. ” close proximity allows for his head to inch forward, gently pressing forehead to hers, sighing out lowly as hand lightly squeezes her. “ i really don't want to let go of this, of you. ”