... that's hard to say. I'm surprised regularly - each day, I might find something more than I want to do.

[Something that he might not have time for.

He lets Souji take his hand easily at that, gently cupping Souji's cheek in return. His free hand moves to tuck Souji's hair behind his ear on the other side of his face, letting his fingers fall to trace the line of his jaw quietly.]

I think I could stand to want to sit here with you for a while longer... is one.

[He tilts his head. It's sweet words - and while he means them, he also knows that he's using them to fill the space as he finds the words for the rest of his answer. It's one thing to know them innately, but perhaps it's another to actually say them out loud.]

But as long as I pursue what I want to do, and live the way I want to, even if it's not always beautiful for others to watch by the end... that's the only type of life I want to live. Protecting the people that I want to protect, being at the side of the ones that I choose on my own, and pursuing anything else that I could want as passionately as I can.