[Belthazar has to gather his courage again before he can look Hiro in the eyes, but when he does, his expression is much softer. There's none of that desperation from a minute earlier, only a poignant resignation to something yet unnamed.]

I haven't been important to someone in a very long time, [he murmurs. He looks down and decides to straighten Hiro's clothes since Belth sorta tousled them earlier.]

That's a big promise. You can't do anything small, can you?