Miyume suppressed a sigh of frustration. For all her talent at reading and understanding people, she wasn't a mind reader. It seemed that he either wanted everything or nothing at all, whether it was from her, someone else, or the world at large.

She couldn't do this right now. Whatever this was. It was just too much to cope with on top of everything else she was dealing with these days. Her feelings for him, strong as they were, would have to be put on hold.

"I think it'd be better if we stopped dating for a while, Mirai," Miyume said in a gentle, calm voice as she gazed out at the water. "We're in a complicated situation right now and both of us are under a lot of pressure. I think it would be best for both us if we took a break from this for a while. Before either of us can say or do something we both regret."

The words flowed strangely from her lips, Miyume noticed, as if she were living in a dream. None of this felt quite real. Not Mirai, not her, not this relationship if it could even be called that. Her life had become utterly insane since coming to Chitoku. She was sick all the time. And it was all starting to crash in on her with a vengeance.