I have a responsibility as your elder, your superior, and your brother to look out for you. ... You're very young, Mitsuzane. You'll have no trouble finding someone you want to be with like that. ... to think of me in such a way... I suppose it's only natural, considering how close we used to be, but you'll realize once you're older...

[Takatora trails off, briefly, his stomach twisting painfully at his words. ... no, his feelings had never gone away. And he hated himself for that.]

... there are much better options than resorting to such things.