[Still, she doesn't call him by his name. He wanted to hear it, but it was obvious as the seconds went by that she wouldn't. She didn't know him and it hurt like a hundred knives, but he accepted it all the same. He would accept anything Ai said to him or otherwise because he loved her.]
Mm... well, they were together for a while, after Wakaba-san... not long after that, I think...?
[It honestly felt like less time than it actually was. Ai had been a sleep, yes, but when he'd been born and she had been awake that seemed to be when time truly started for him. Closing his eyes, he inhales her scent and his shoulders relax. He hesitates to touch her so familiarly when she doesn't know him but the instinct is there, to wrap his arms around her as he had for as long as he could remember. He was holding himself back for her sake.]
Does it make you angry not knowing?
[The corners of his lips curl, knowing just how much it did make her angry that she'd had to wait for him.]