[Hiyori reacts remarkably impassively to Eric's startlement at the closeness. Whether that's less gay because he's not paying attention to the other man's movements or more gay because he doesn't mind invading, who knows.]

But you'd already made your commitment. You and Mira—oh, right, you didn't remember that part at the time. [Thin smile. He really didn't think of how that'd sound at the beginning, but he's still pretending to have twisted the knife.] Still, though. Weren't your choices commit and be miserable, or commit and be happy? ...that doesn't mean there was no good reason to be miserable. We just want to know if there really was another choice.