Gokudera just stared at Ryuutaro as he spoke, taking in every word. He always believed what Ryuutaro told him, he never saw the lies at all. In his mind Ryuutaro was flawless. Held on to every word, finally begging to calm down a little bit.

"Y-you don't... y-you don't have to... I'm happy i-if you just... just k-keep holding me... a-and saying you l-love me..."

After all, that always seemed to ease the pain for a little while. He couldn't believe that the pain would ever go away... but he liked just being able to pretend it wasn't there for a time.