[Okay. Alright. There's no lounging to be done here. Not on a topic like this.

Ryou slowly pulls his body back, holding himself upright and awkwardly toying with one of his snakes, since the hair he usually plays with when he's nervous has been replaced with such.]

I think it's more complicated than that. Atem, I...I wouldn't want to stand in your way if you wanted to be with someone else either. But...I don't think I could really say that I'm interested in anyone.

That is...uhm, I appreciate you letting me know that I could pursue another person if I wanted.

But I don't...think...I could date more than one person. M-maybe at some other point, but definitely not now. And there's not really...anyone?

Sorry, this was just pretty sudden to touch upon. I thought maybe, if you wanted to let me know that it was okay for me, that maybe you had someone in mind for you! L-like...I don't know. Beat?

[Oh.

Oh fuck. Shit. He hadn't meant to meander himself into that kind of assumption. No no nononono--]

But if I'm wrong, that's also very fair, you did have time to spend with lots of other people! I! I...

...I'm going to stop talking now.