Closing In Without End

The one who once railed most fiercely against marriage and love ends up pursuing them desperately, lowering the proud head of a lion and yearning for the caretaker's gentle touch;

The boy who once believed love would never waver, and stood firm in his convictions, eventually hesitates and turns away. It's as though they met only for their paths to cross at the wrong time, before the axes of time finally align again.