Billy tries to replace it with a smile of his own. "True, that's still the most likely explanation. I hope you're right, but I won't stop fighting to go home too."

With his luck, of course, Adam wouldn't remember what had happened. Billy would just pretend he never felt anything more for him and things would go back to normal, surely. But that was later. For now...

"So I've been taking time to myself, to focus on my studies. You should go back to Shotaro---you don't know how much more time you'll have with him, right? Don't let yourself live with regrets."