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There are so many things I wanted to do with my life! I wanted to become a teacher! I wanted to become an astronaut! I wanted to own my own bakery, and I wanted to go into Mr. Doughnut's and say, "I'll have them all!" And I wanted to go into Thirty-One and say "I'll have them all!" Ohhhh... I wish I could live life five times over. Then I'd be born in five different cities, I'd stuff myself full with different delicious things five times each, and I'd have five different jobs.... And then for those five times... I'd still fall in love with the same person... Thank you, Kurosaki-kun.... Goodbye.
— Orihime Inoue, Bleach
Ange: Oh, Tusk... I love you. (light sobbing) If I'd known this'd happen, I'd have let him go all the way.
(As she breaks down in tears... guess who walks up behind her and places his hands on her shoulders.)
Tusk: You mean it?
(Ange gasps in shock as none other than Tusk, very much alive, hugs her from behind.)
Tusk: I'm so glad... you're safe!
Ange (completely in disbelief): No way...!
Tusk: I told you. The Knight of Ange is invincible.
(Much later, after Their First Time...)
Tusk: I'll be with you... forever.
Ange: Why is that? Because you're my knight?
Tusk: Because I love you, Ange.
— Cross Ange Episode 22: "Necessary"
Hey, Rain. Remember on the morning of the finals, when we were alone? I said there was something I wanted to talk to you about. I'm a guy who's ill at ease, and knows only how to fight. That's why it's been hard for me to say this. Honestly. I... I... I LOVE YOU! I WANT TO BE WITH YOU! RAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIN!!
— Domon Kasshu, Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Melfina: "Is there something you wish for, Gene? Here, in the construct of the Leyline, I can pass along your prayers and grant you anything. Anything at all."
Gene: "Anything" huh? All I really want is for you to return with me, Melfina."
(Melfina gasps and tears up)
Gene: (affectionately) "Aww, I've gone and made you cry again. Sorry for being selfish. What is it that YOU want, Melfina?"
Melfina: (tearful smile) "I want... to stay with you. With you and everyone... and remain myself. Take me with you."
Gene: "Then that's what *I* want too."
(cue romantic music swell, along with The Big Damn Kiss)
Gene: "Anything" huh? All I really want is for you to return with me, Melfina."
(Melfina gasps and tears up)
Gene: (affectionately) "Aww, I've gone and made you cry again. Sorry for being selfish. What is it that YOU want, Melfina?"
Melfina: (tearful smile) "I want... to stay with you. With you and everyone... and remain myself. Take me with you."
Gene: "Then that's what *I* want too."
(cue romantic music swell, along with The Big Damn Kiss)
Papa Shirogane: Have you confessed to someone yourself?
[Tsubame shakes her head]
Papa Shirogane: You should try it. You've come up with the perfect plan with the perfect timing, but in that crucial moment, you can't find the right words. Your heart is thumping and your brain doesn't understand why. And just as you start to think you might have missed your chance to say what you planned...
Kaguya: (to Shirogane) I love you. Please be my boyfriend.
Papa Shirogane: It just sort of comes out. That silence when you're waiting for his answer, that moment when he says yes, and that feeling when you're so happy you can't speak... all of that is just the beginning. And maybe one day you might find yourself thinking the relationship you had before was better, or that you have regrets. But if true love is what you seek, you must first make it to the starting line.
[Tsubame shakes her head]
Papa Shirogane: You should try it. You've come up with the perfect plan with the perfect timing, but in that crucial moment, you can't find the right words. Your heart is thumping and your brain doesn't understand why. And just as you start to think you might have missed your chance to say what you planned...
Kaguya: (to Shirogane) I love you. Please be my boyfriend.
Papa Shirogane: It just sort of comes out. That silence when you're waiting for his answer, that moment when he says yes, and that feeling when you're so happy you can't speak... all of that is just the beginning. And maybe one day you might find yourself thinking the relationship you had before was better, or that you have regrets. But if true love is what you seek, you must first make it to the starting line.
Fan Works
Asuka:“And you are still looking at me, Shinji. So no more running away. I’ve finally found the courage to ask; Shinji Ikari, do... [...] Do you... love me?”
Shinji: “Yes.”
Asuka: “S-say it. P-please...I need to hear you say it.”
Shinji: “.....I love you, Asuka Langley Sohryu,”
Asuka: “.....why?”
Shinji: “What?”
Asuka: “Why? I didn’t have to tell you all those horrible things about me. I did most of them to you. How can you still bear to look at me? I’ve hurt you in every way I could to keep you away. How can you still love me?”
Shinji: “Because just being around you makes me feel more alive. Because you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. Because when I see you smile, the whole world glows. Because when I kiss you I feel like I’m on fire. Because when I held you I didn’t care about anything else. Because I can’t imagine a world without you. Because... [...] Because when you are happy, it makes me feel the same. When you cry, I cry. When you hurt, I hurt.”
Shinji: “Yes.”
Asuka: “S-say it. P-please...I need to hear you say it.”
Shinji: “.....I love you, Asuka Langley Sohryu,”
Asuka: “.....why?”
Shinji: “What?”
Asuka: “Why? I didn’t have to tell you all those horrible things about me. I did most of them to you. How can you still bear to look at me? I’ve hurt you in every way I could to keep you away. How can you still love me?”
Shinji: “Because just being around you makes me feel more alive. Because you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. Because when I see you smile, the whole world glows. Because when I kiss you I feel like I’m on fire. Because when I held you I didn’t care about anything else. Because I can’t imagine a world without you. Because... [...] Because when you are happy, it makes me feel the same. When you cry, I cry. When you hurt, I hurt.”
— A Crown of Stars, chapter 25
Shinji: "You're beautiful."
Asuka: "What?"
Shinji: "You were right, I've never kissed anyone before and I'm so glad it was you for my first kiss and it was incredible and you're so beautiful and I think I really like you and oh shit I'm going to stop talking now."''
Asuka: "Say it again,"
Shinji: "Um….say what again?"
Asuka: "What you just said. Say it again."
Shinji: "I'm glad you were my first kiss, it was incredible, you're beautiful, and I… [...] I think I like you?"
Asuka: "Do you mean it?"
Shinji: "Yes."
Asuka: "I like you too."
Asuka: "What?"
Shinji: "You were right, I've never kissed anyone before and I'm so glad it was you for my first kiss and it was incredible and you're so beautiful and I think I really like you and oh shit I'm going to stop talking now."''
Asuka: "Say it again,"
Shinji: "Um….say what again?"
Asuka: "What you just said. Say it again."
Shinji: "I'm glad you were my first kiss, it was incredible, you're beautiful, and I… [...] I think I like you?"
Asuka: "Do you mean it?"
Shinji: "Yes."
Asuka: "I like you too."
— Advice and Trust, chapter 1
"Shinji," she said softly. "I love you."
He gulped and kissed her again, then said softly, "I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."
"I won't," she said. "Never."
He gulped and kissed her again, then said softly, "I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."
"I won't," she said. "Never."
— Children of an Elder God, chapter 23
Kara Zor-El: Oh, Dev, stop it! What you showed me a few minutes ago was the best thing I've ever seen from you. You saved several hundred individual lives. You brought a whole bunch of people back from the verge of death. You were like a one-man salvation crew out there, and I'm proud of you.
Dev-Em: You did it, too.
Kara: Let me talk! We're talking about you, Dev. You were right to be mad at me about blowing the mission. But now I know why. It's because you can't stand to see all those people killed, can you? The big picture.
Dev: Tell me, commander. You've got all the answers now.
Kara:(grimacing) I feel like slapping you again. If I didn't love you more now than I ever have before, I'd do it. I—
(covers her mouth)
Dev: (murmuring) So you said it.
Dev-Em: You did it, too.
Kara: Let me talk! We're talking about you, Dev. You were right to be mad at me about blowing the mission. But now I know why. It's because you can't stand to see all those people killed, can you? The big picture.
Dev: Tell me, commander. You've got all the answers now.
Kara:(grimacing) I feel like slapping you again. If I didn't love you more now than I ever have before, I'd do it. I—
(covers her mouth)
Dev: (murmuring) So you said it.
Everyone at school already considered them a couple, and the way their relationship had grown would make it appear that they actually were. Ultimately, it was just an illusion, a cauldron of mixed feelings and unspoken emotions. Lying there on his bed, his arms around her slender form, Shinji wanted to end the illusion and make it a reality. For he knew now what he'd seemed to know all his life.
"I love you, Asuka."
"I know."
"I love you, Asuka."
"I know."
Shinji: "Who cares if I can pilot EVA?!"
Asuka: "I do!"
Shinji:"Well, I don't! I don't care! I don't care if you can't pilot those goddamn things again! I love you for who you are, not because you're a pilot!!!"
Asuka:"You... you...? [...] No... you're just trying to be nice. It's just your damn pity..."
Shinji: "Damn you Asuka! Are you deaf! I love you! I! LOVE! YOU! Is it so hard to understand?! Is it so hard to believe?! I love you! I would have chosen Rei a long time ago if I didn't love you!"
Asuka: "I do!"
Shinji:"Well, I don't! I don't care! I don't care if you can't pilot those goddamn things again! I love you for who you are, not because you're a pilot!!!"
Asuka:"You... you...? [...] No... you're just trying to be nice. It's just your damn pity..."
Shinji: "Damn you Asuka! Are you deaf! I love you! I! LOVE! YOU! Is it so hard to understand?! Is it so hard to believe?! I love you! I would have chosen Rei a long time ago if I didn't love you!"
— The One I Love Is..., chapter 9
Asuka: "You... [...] you know that I love you, don't you?"
Shinji: "I know. As sure as I love you too..."
Shinji: "I know. As sure as I love you too..."
— The Second Try, chapter 4 "Love"
Jean: Damn it, Scott, slow down! I won't be ignored, Summers! You'd better slow down so we can talk. Damn you and your long legs!
Scott: What do you want?
Jean: What do I want? You have the nerve to ask that question after you left me hanging in the middle of the dance floor like that?
Scott: I did not leave you hanging. I told it like it is. There's a huge difference.
Jean: Don't even try to worm your way out of this! Now finish what you were going to say on that damned dance floor!
Scott: Why?! It doesn't matter anyway.
Jean: Because I need to hear it, you ass, that's why!
Scott: Fine! I care for you too much to be just your friend any more! Every time I see you out with another guy, it rips my heart out! I've loved you from the moment I set eyes on you! I won't play this game anymore.
Jean: Scott...
Scott: Don't.
Jean: You stubborn jerk! Don't you dare run away from me after saying that! I love you, too! I've loved you from the moment you helped me carry my suitcase up the stairs to my room, my first day at school.
Scott: What?
Jean: You heard me, you stupid jerk. I love you. I'm not repeating it.
Scott: What do you want?
Jean: What do I want? You have the nerve to ask that question after you left me hanging in the middle of the dance floor like that?
Scott: I did not leave you hanging. I told it like it is. There's a huge difference.
Jean: Don't even try to worm your way out of this! Now finish what you were going to say on that damned dance floor!
Scott: Why?! It doesn't matter anyway.
Jean: Because I need to hear it, you ass, that's why!
Scott: Fine! I care for you too much to be just your friend any more! Every time I see you out with another guy, it rips my heart out! I've loved you from the moment I set eyes on you! I won't play this game anymore.
Jean: Scott...
Scott: Don't.
Jean: You stubborn jerk! Don't you dare run away from me after saying that! I love you, too! I've loved you from the moment you helped me carry my suitcase up the stairs to my room, my first day at school.
Scott: What?
Jean: You heard me, you stupid jerk. I love you. I'm not repeating it.
Van: So. You want to go over these lines again, and see if you get ‘em right? Or do you feel like playing script doctor again?
Kara: ‘What would you think of me if you knew that you’re wearing the soul I’ve been looking for all my life to find?’
Van: Oh, come on, KZ. That is not in my script. That’s Lyla’s line from Scarlet Song.
Kara: I know. But what was the line her leading man gave her after that?
Van: ‘I’d say that one of us is probably crazier than the other. But I’m not sure which.’
Kara: (smiling) Yeah.
Van: Uh, KZ. I don’t know... that is, I’m not sure...
Kara: Don’t get your hopes up too much yet, VO. But I think I like you, too.
Van: You mean, you know I li–
Kara: Women can tell, Van.
Van: Stop finishing my sentences.
Kara: (kissing him) Who wants to talk?
Van: Holy Sun and Mother Moon. Fade to black.
Kara: ‘What would you think of me if you knew that you’re wearing the soul I’ve been looking for all my life to find?’
Van: Oh, come on, KZ. That is not in my script. That’s Lyla’s line from Scarlet Song.
Kara: I know. But what was the line her leading man gave her after that?
Van: ‘I’d say that one of us is probably crazier than the other. But I’m not sure which.’
Kara: (smiling) Yeah.
Van: Uh, KZ. I don’t know... that is, I’m not sure...
Kara: Don’t get your hopes up too much yet, VO. But I think I like you, too.
Van: You mean, you know I li–
Kara: Women can tell, Van.
Van: Stop finishing my sentences.
Kara: (kissing him) Who wants to talk?
Van: Holy Sun and Mother Moon. Fade to black.
Film — Live-Action
"You're wrong about us being on different paths. We're not on different paths. You're my path. And you're always gonna be my path. And I know there's a million reasons why we shouldn't be together. I know that. But I'm tired of them. I'm tired of every single one of them. We've all gotta make a choice. Right? Well, I choose you. So Here's my thought. England. Both of us. I'm following you now. I'm just gonna follow you everywhere. I'm just gonna follow you the rest of my life!"
— Peter Parker to Gwen Stacy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Tiffany: [reading a letter that Pat wrote] "Dear Tiffany, I know you wrote the letter. The only way you could meet my crazy–"
Pat: "–was by doing something crazy yourself. Thank you. I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I'm sorry it took so long for me to catch up. I just got stuck. Pat." I wrote that a week ago.
Tiffany: You wrote that a week ago?
Pat: Yes, I did.
Tiffany: You let me lie to you for a week?
Pat: I was trying to be romantic.
Tiffany: You love me?
Pat: Yeah, I do.
Tiffany: Okay. [she kisses him]
Pat: "–was by doing something crazy yourself. Thank you. I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I'm sorry it took so long for me to catch up. I just got stuck. Pat." I wrote that a week ago.
Tiffany: You wrote that a week ago?
Pat: Yes, I did.
Tiffany: You let me lie to you for a week?
Pat: I was trying to be romantic.
Tiffany: You love me?
Pat: Yeah, I do.
Tiffany: Okay. [she kisses him]
Live Action TV
"I love you! And I don't care that Philip's not my son. I will raise a hundred children with a hundred of your lovers if it means I can be with you!"
— Dwight Schrute to Angela Martin, The Office (US), "A.A.R.M."
"Echo, since the day we met, I knew we were destined to be more than just friends! You mean the world to me and...I hope I also hold a special place in your heart."
— Adam Young finally directly confessing his feelings to Echo Zizzleswift, Mr. Young
"There is something I want to tell you, Mel. You know how I have always tried to make you happy and laugh. Maybe you see it differently, but it's okay, Mel. I just want to confess my feelings to you, Mel."
— Bambang to Melani, Mimpi Metropolitan
Video Games
Kaname Chidori: Sousuke... I love you.
Sousuke Sagara: I love you too.
Kaname: I'm happy... let's kiss when we meet next. No matter where. Okay? Promise me.
Sousuke: I promise.
Kaname: I'll wait, no matter how many years, how many centuries it takes..
Sousuke: Don't worry. I'll come for you.
Sousuke Sagara: I love you too.
Kaname: I'm happy... let's kiss when we meet next. No matter where. Okay? Promise me.
Sousuke: I promise.
Kaname: I'll wait, no matter how many years, how many centuries it takes..
Sousuke: Don't worry. I'll come for you.
— Third Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-hen
Royal Guard 01: D-dude ... I can't ... I can't take this anymore! Not like this!! Like, 02! I like... I like, LIKE you, bro! The way you fight... The way you talk... I love doing team attacks with you. I love standing here with you, bouncing and waving our weapons in sync... 02... I, like, want to stay like this forever...
Royal Guard 02: ...
RG 01: Uh... I mean, uh... Psyche! Gotcha, bro!!! Haha!
RG 02: ...01.
RG 01: Y-yeah, bro??
RG 02: ... do you want to... get some ice cream... after this?
RG 01: Sure, dude! Haha!
Royal Guard 02: ...
RG 01: Uh... I mean, uh... Psyche! Gotcha, bro!!! Haha!
RG 02: ...01.
RG 01: Y-yeah, bro??
RG 02: ... do you want to... get some ice cream... after this?
RG 01: Sure, dude! Haha!
Visual Novels
Emi: "Why are you trying so hard to help me?"
Hisao: "I'd say that it's because I owe you one for helping me out when we first met, but that wouldn't be the truth. The truth is, I just want you to be happy, because I love you."
Had I ever said that before? We've been in a relationship, and it's been pretty obvious that I love her, but did I ever actually speak the words?
Emi: "What did you say?"
I say it again, savoring the feeling of being able to say it at all, being able to say it and mean it. Emi seems stunned.
Hisao: "I said I love you, Emi. I love you. Just you, and that makes me want to stand by you, no matter what you have to face."
I'm wrapped in a fierce hug then, as Emi begins to sob against my chest.
Emi: "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry about everything but I'm so scared, Hisao, I'm so scared of losing you and I love you too but I can't lose you I just... I'm so sorry!"
I'm wrapped in a fierce hug then, as Emi begins to sob against my chest.
Emi: "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry about everything but I'm so scared, Hisao, I'm so scared of losing you and I love you too but I can't lose you I just... I'm so sorry!"
—Saving Throw, Emi's route in Katawa Shoujo
Webcomics
Gil: Um, when you see Agatha, tell her—um, tell her that I am anxious to speak with her so that we can overcome our mutual obstacles.
Zeetha: [snort] No.
Gil: What?
Zeetha: That sounds moronic. Try again.
Gil: Um, then... tell her that I'm pretty sure I'm fond of her, and if the feeling's mutual and she's not too evil, perhaps we can—
Zeetha: [smacks him] NO!
Gil: Ow! Why are you hitting me?! I love her and I want to help her!
Zeetha: Now that, I'll pass along.
Zeetha: [snort] No.
Gil: What?
Zeetha: That sounds moronic. Try again.
Gil: Um, then... tell her that I'm pretty sure I'm fond of her, and if the feeling's mutual and she's not too evil, perhaps we can—
Zeetha: [smacks him] NO!
Gil: Ow! Why are you hitting me?! I love her and I want to help her!
Zeetha: Now that, I'll pass along.
Western Animation
Cricket: Gabriella, I... I like you. And I just wanted to know... Do you... like me, too?
Gabriella: Yeah! Do you... wanna go out?
Cricket: Oh! Ah-ah...does that mean we have to... like, hold hands all the time?
Gabriella: What? No.
Cricket: Do we gotta exchange gifts and flowers?
Gabriella: Ewwwwww! No!
Cricket: Do we gotta...smooch?
Gabriella: No, weirdo! It just means we get to tell people we're going out.
Cricket: Oh, okay! Well, then... Yeah! I'm in!
Gabriella: Yeah! Do you... wanna go out?
Cricket: Oh! Ah-ah...does that mean we have to... like, hold hands all the time?
Gabriella: What? No.
Cricket: Do we gotta exchange gifts and flowers?
Gabriella: Ewwwwww! No!
Cricket: Do we gotta...smooch?
Gabriella: No, weirdo! It just means we get to tell people we're going out.
Cricket: Oh, okay! Well, then... Yeah! I'm in!
Robin: (embarrassed) Starfire, I think... uh... it's... awesome... the way you shoot starbolts?
Starfire: Yes? And?
Robin: And it's, uh, also cool that you're brave and the strongest girl ever.
Starfire: And you do not mind having a friend who is a girl?
Robin: (holding Starfire's hands) Mind it? Actually, I kind of-
Starfire: Yes? And?
Robin: And it's, uh, also cool that you're brave and the strongest girl ever.
Starfire: And you do not mind having a friend who is a girl?
Robin: (holding Starfire's hands) Mind it? Actually, I kind of-
— Robin, to Starfire in Teen Titans episode, "Stranded"
