It was his turn to block out what she was saying, but he wasn't doing it by choice- it was due to the fact that his heart was beating so rapidly in his chest. He could barely hear, his head was pounding- throbbing, and that ache in his heart only grew. It was too late? She just knows...? No, that's stupid talk, no one just knows.... there has to be a way to change this, there has to be.

Kouji took both his hands and closed them over the one that held her Soul Gem, he squeezed her hand tightly, throwing away that stubborn attitude of his and just focusing on her, on his sister, "...we don't know that right?" he was desperate at this point, the thought of him leaving her was enough to make him sick.

"Nee-chan you can't give up yet....!"