Miyamura didn't look up from the cool towel he was wringing out. "I’m not leaving until I know you’ve eaten something."
"You should go home," Hori whispered, her voice a scratchy shadow of itself. "You’ll catch whatever I have." Horimiya (Dub) Episode 6
She reached out, her fingers brushing the hem of his sleeve. "Miyamura?" Miyamura didn't look up from the cool towel
Outside, the storm continued to rage, but inside, the world was finally quiet. The masks were off, the secrets were out, and for the first time, they weren't just Hori and Miyamura. They were "them." "Miyamura
He paused, finally meeting her gaze. The room felt smaller, the distance between them evaporating. "Yeah?"
Miyamura froze. He had spent years believing he was invisible, a ghost haunting the hallways of Katagiri Senior High. To hear those words from Hori, the girl who had brought color back into his world, felt like waking up from a long, cold sleep. He didn't say it back immediately; instead, he leaned down, his forehead resting against hers, a silent promise that he wasn't going anywhere.
Kyoko Hori lay in bed, her usual fiery energy dampened by a sudden illness. Her face was flushed, her breathing shallow, but even in her weakened state, her eyes tracked Miyamura as he moved through her room with a practiced, gentle grace. He wasn't the "gloomy" boy from school or the decorated, tattooed secret she kept; in this moment, he was simply the person who showed up.