[quote=AbigailTenshi]
When Rio felt the grip on her left wrist she immediately halted her actions... her heart felt as though it stopped beating at that exact moment. She literally couldn't move, only listen to Kaizo's words. After he spoke, her gaze slowly rolled onto the floor. She let out a breath as her complicated feelings began to boil. This only seemed to happen when she was with Kaizo... And it used to happen when she was with Kenta... She was finding it unusually difficult to speak, all the work she put into growing cold had began to wash away at that moment. Kaizo's voice touched her, it reached out to her. Unknowingly, a sad smile formed on her lips. She whispered, trying to tug her wrist out of his grip but failing. A tear left her eye which caused her to lift her right arm and wipe her eyes with her sleeve. 
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"Rio...You can't hold me back...only help me grow stronger and in turn I want to help you grow stronger and support you in whatever you choose to do...leaving now wont do either of us good...I don't know what you think but shutting your feelings away from the world wont make you stronger...it just gives you one large weakness...if you are open about everything then you can turn these small weaknesses into strength's and to do that you need others to help you...I will be one of those others that help you...I'd give my life to help you...after all you gave me a warm place to rest my head and live and I can not thank you enough for that so you can refuse my help but I wont stop trying to help you...I can't...it's not something I can just turn off..." Kaizo didn't want to release his grip on her wrist just yet...he didn't want her to run...he needed her to see that there were better ways to get stronger.