[ After some time, he ends up carefully shifting out from under Leona's head, urging him to sit up. It may look like he's unhappy, but-

He simply wants to look at him as an equal, first. ]


You really hurt me, you know. Everyone looks at me and makes things up about me. I don't care what they think.

I care about what you think of me, and to hear you say the same thing everyone else makes up about me- it hurt.

[ He isn't speaking in past tense. ]

... but I was cruel to you too. I shouldn't have said those things about you as a prince with no direction. [ Even if he is kind of overly privileged. ] Because I know even when you act like you don't care, you're still thinking... you think a lot about everyone.

And I don't want us to hurt each other like this.