[ It's a good thing Thoma hadn't gone down on his knees yet like he'd been about to in order to peel down the other man's pants, because this conversation would have become rather hard to have at a more serious level. It would have been very difficult to have indeed while being distracted by a mental debate over giving Ayato a blowjob. ]

[ Luckily for him, he's standing, but Ayato's statement makes him weak in the knees in an instant. ]

I want to be with you.

[ Suddenly, it's so simple for him to say what he's been hiding forever in his heart, the words pouring out before he could control them and for that moment his eyes have never been clearer or brighter. Have never looked at Ayato as if he were his whole world, not as obviously as they are now. ]

I want to be with you, dating you, so much more than I want to sleep with you. And I want to sleep with you a lot.

I'm in love with you.