"I have already declared to him that I love him," she whispered harshly. "I am unaware if there is anything else that I should do to let him know. He said that he appreciated that I acknowledged him at a pivotal time, but that his head was too full of things to really deal with what I had said." She stared at her hands, willing herself not to cry. It would do her no good. "I don't know the next step. I told him that I would wait, but I'm afraid that I might have to wait forever and he will just pursue Sakura-san anyway."