Miyamura froze. He had spent years believing he was invisible, a ghost haunting the hallways of Katagiri Senior High. To hear those words from Hori, the girl who had brought color back into his world, felt like waking up from a long, cold sleep. He didn't say it back immediately; instead, he leaned down, his forehead resting against hers, a silent promise that he wasn't going anywhere.
"You should go home," Hori whispered, her voice a scratchy shadow of itself. "You’ll catch whatever I have." Horimiya (Dub) Episode 6
She reached out, her fingers brushing the hem of his sleeve. "Miyamura?" Miyamura froze
Kyoko Hori lay in bed, her usual fiery energy dampened by a sudden illness. Her face was flushed, her breathing shallow, but even in her weakened state, her eyes tracked Miyamura as he moved through her room with a practiced, gentle grace. He wasn't the "gloomy" boy from school or the decorated, tattooed secret she kept; in this moment, he was simply the person who showed up. He didn't say it back immediately; instead, he
Outside, the storm continued to rage, but inside, the world was finally quiet. The masks were off, the secrets were out, and for the first time, they weren't just Hori and Miyamura. They were "them."
"I... I like you," she breathed, the words barely audible over the rain. It wasn't the confession she had imagined—no sunset, no grand gesture—just a raw, honest truth shared in the dim light of a sickroom.