If one were to listen closely, they might be able to hear a sound similar to that of shattering glass--a heart breaking into pieces. Vyers' entire body language changed with the cut-off statement, the implications of it understood completely. How cruel the world could be! Unrequited love... The pain like a great weight on his shoulders, a sharp pain in his heart! O how the shards of broken love must be impaling him inside...

What a shame it was that there was no corner for him to stay in anywhere nearby.

"N, No... It is fine," he said, strained.