When Grell went home I wasn't sure we were still dating. Because I might never see her again, or she might not remember me. Those were selfish things. Grune said I should hold out faith and just remind her who I am, and when Ikki said she'd returned, he told me to go find her no matter what, because I'd do the same for him if you left.

During that Valentine's Shift a lot of people wind up thinking they're in love. But it's more like a quick high. The difference is, real love doesn't go away. When you stop loving someone, they have to have changed so much you don't want good things for them anymore, either because they turned -- [Quick pause for choice of words] -- into a bully, or you never knew them as well as you thought. Or like with the shift, because it was only surface reasons, nothing running deep. When you fall out of happiness, it's just a disillusionment. Like thinking one day that just because the world has ice cream in it, that everything is okay. And then along comes a bully and kicks it out of your hand. No more happiness. In love, even if something bad comes along, it doesn't go away.

Damn, I'm making it sound like you can only tell it apart if something bad happens. [Thinking again.] But it's more like little things. Every day has something bad, something that could make you sad or angry or hurt, but around people you love, those things aren't so bad because you have each other for support. Does that make sense Kotomi-chan? I guess it's that happiness fades, love grows stronger.

[Love is not his forte as much as heartbreaks; but he's trying really hard.]