Ah, the trials. Yuya's gaze floats down. "I... I know you don't mean it that way." Gongenzaka didn't, either. Putting Yuya through that pain was never intentional, but it--Yuya sucks in a sharp breath.

"Her poison still scares me," he admits in a rush, a faint tremor being barely held back in his voice. "I couldn't focus on what they did after that."

It's the uncertainty that leaves him more afraid.