Nai wonders if maybe he's loving Yanari the wrong way.
Touya wonders if N had ever dreamed of falling in love and getting married and having a family with someone.
Is that what having a soulmate is like, Touya wonders.
They spend the summer at a cottage by the sea, and Touya realizes that N is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen in his life.
Ciel, she says, Ciel, you're so pretty.
He had the misfortune of locking eyes for a moment with a boy who would later become his boss, and ever since, his life has steadily taken a steep decline towards unimaginable stress and a gentle sort of ruination only headstrong mafia wives seemed to know.
N makes the most precious face when he's angry.
Touya convinces N to accompany him on the rest of his journey.
They were doomed to wander the world in search of their missing halves, looking for completion, looking for something only a handful of them could find.
N had insisted that they play in the rain yesterday, and Touya could tell the moment he stirred a bit earlier than usual that N was sick.