Once the tea was prepared, he turned to the living room and offered a cup to Akako . That's going to be my death Hakuba mused, staring at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"You want to know the truth? What’s been going on inside my head? Well here it is. I’ll bare my soul to you, drop all my walls and defenses I’ve set up over the years. I’ll tell you here what I’ve been to afraid to say out loud, at least to your face. I love you. I don’t know quite when it happened, but it did. I don’t think it was when I first met you, though I did find you physically attractive then. It could have been after I got to know you. Your personality did draw me to you more and more as I got to know you better. But you loved someone else. I have fallen in love with you. I allowed myself to have feelings for you and you dug yourself into my heart. I opened myself up and you snuck inside. I can’t stop the way I feel about you. I’ve tried." Hakuba sighed and told her about his conversations with Kuroba and Tyki, but he didn't tell her about Tyki's dark side. There some secrets that that needed to be respected.

"I never thought you would respond the way you did. I never thought you would go for it. I could be egotistical and think who wouldn’t take up an offer like that, but I’m not egotistical. I didn’t thought you liked me like that. I guess I was wrong."

Hakuba felt his face go warm and his heart beat faster.Now time for the Apocalypse.