Chapter 61

Zero turned around and looked at her. “What if I say it's because of you? What will you do?” Lyra searched his face, looking for the truth. She could not see the passionate look that was always there when he confessed to her before. “Is it really?” she asked him. A small smile flitted across his lips, then he shrugged. “You rejected me multiple times. You'd only think I'm a nuisance if I didn't let go.” Relieved to hear that, Lyra asked, “So why?” “Just because I let go does not mean my heart did not break,” he said. After a moment’s pause, Lyra asked, “Is that all you feel?” Zero looked at her without saying anything for a while, then he walked back towards the window and took a seat. Lyra followed him and sat across the table from him, watching him and waiting for his response. When he met her eyes, she could see the conflict in his own. “I'm not sure I know what I feel. When I first saw her, I–I…I wanted to run to her and hold her, but I couldn't.” “What do you mean you couldn't?” s