[Any way you look at it, the things Sannan says sound reasonable-- certainly no less than what he himself had assumed about the other man's situation. And yet he wasn't sure he could truly bring himself to believe them. Hadn't he always been terrible at expressing the things that were important? Hadn't Itsuki always been terrible at hearing the things he needed to? No matter how much he wanted those words to be true... it feel foolish to hope.]

...if I want to make my dream come true, then one day... I'm going to have to make sure he understands, even if I haven't done a good job of being honest about it yet. But I want to be able to say so many things. I hope I get the chance some day.

[Nazuna raises an eyebrow.]

Is that really something to be forgiven? That sounds more like something I should be thanking you for.