Heartbeat
It was not that Rise had not said that word I liked you before to Kamille. In reality, he had said that a lot that he almost thought that it might have annoyed Kamille already.
That was in the past, though. In this life, Rise had not said those words directly. More often than not, he just said some words that had double meaning, giving an impression of insincerity.
On his part, Rise did not want to make the same mistake once. He thought that his affection had overwhelmed Kamille, and he also wanted for the other to always think of him and his intentions.
For a while, he thought that this approach was the best and that all of this progress stemmed from this strategy, and that excessive telling of such words was more detrimental than helpful.
Kamille looked stunned, momentarily frozen. His eyes widened slightly, and his pupils shook from the sudden confession that both of them did not expect.