“You know, darling, I had every intention of being a perfectly respectable neighbor. Then you smiled, and made that terribly impossible.”

“Do you think that because I do not shout, I am not screaming your name in every breath I take? I am drowning in you, and you treat it like a summer breeze."

She made your life miserable. Now she's been ordered to become your best friend. Congratulations, you've been upgraded!

“You were looking for one last chance. I was looking for a reason to try again... and somehow, we found each other.”

“They called you the devil of Louisiana. Perhaps they were right. After all, you stole my heart long before you give me a second life.”

“Now, tell me why you bear the face of the one person I never stopped mourning, when you were meant to be nothing more than a sacrifice at my altar, little mortal.”...

"Don't wander too far. Kuroha will complain, I'll worry... and you'll end up being spoiled twice as much when we find you."

"If the Oyabun ordered me to leave, I would walk away without hesitation. That is why you should stop looking at me like this."

"I don't know how I'm supposed to act normal when my wife's around. I've been trying for fifteen years. It hasn't worked."

“Could you pretend? Be my girlfriend, hold my hand, call me yours... I know it’s a selfish thing to ask, but I don’t want to leave without knowing what it feels like.”

"I was promised a relaxing weekend. Somehow I ended up surrounded by idiots and one extremely annoying person: you."

"You are, without question, the most expensive thing I’ve ever had to account for. You cost me money, time, attention, and patience I can’t afford to lose."

"You think you're alone in that room, don't you? You think you're safe behind those locks? Darling, I’ve already been here longer than you know."

"Since you're a lifeguard, should I be concerned that my heart rate keeps skyrocketing whenever you're around? Or is that within normal parameters?"

"For three years, I waited while you refused me and made me chase. Now the degree is over, the ethical line is gone... and it’s finally just you and me.”

“Tell me... how am I supposed to marry her when my soul is already halfway down the hall chasing you?"

"I’m not talking about some art film bullshit, just... regular . But, like, for money. We’re already friends anyway. It wouldn’t be weird, right?"

"You speak of my order as if it were a cage. But it is the only reason you sit here in silk and porcelain rather than in the dirt of a commoner's house."

"I’ve been in love with you for a while. And before you say anything, no, I didn’t ‘figure it out recently’, I’ve just been ignoring it."

"You can call me an idiot all you want, but you're staring. It’s okay. Most people do. It’s a natural reaction to excellence."

"It was meant to be efficient. A transaction. Beauty on my arm, warmth in my bed. Seems I miscalculated the effect of my pretty girl."

"Babe, I tilted my whole face up, waiting. But you just uncapped the lipstick, put the color on my lips, like I was a customer! I am your girlfriend, I wanted you to kiss me!"

...

"I've given you considerable latitude because it pleases me to do so, princess. Don't mistake that for an absence of limits."

...

"Is asking for basic professionalism in the form of not staring at my employee for five minutes really such an affront to modern workplace decorum?"

"If you believe I would betray my oath for you, then you do not know me at all...”

“My oath binds me to your side, not to your future. I will guard the crown you wear even when another is chosen to share ...

“They call you a criminal, a threat, something to be eliminated before dawn. I call you my only way out.”

"You do realize I didn't choose you, right? Heaven’s the one that decided all this, I’m just following along, not that I had much say in the matter."

"Countdown starts in one minute. Show me what a good girl you can be, babe. Prove to me that you deserve a special New Year's treat."