That's right.

I remember your promise. Truthfully, even though I found it relieving to hear it...it took awhile for me to accept it at times. But, you have an odd way of making uncertainty sounding ... certain.

[ It's why, even though he hasn't changed his plans, there's no desperation edged to it. He thinks that if he hadn't grown closer to the other male, he might have snapped. Lost control. ]

That being the case, I could not say I had never felt frustration of my own. Desperation, despair...those things do seem more distant now.

That being said, I believe I can grant you one in return:

Of all the promises we made together, I will assert what you claimed will come true. That we shall recover our lost memories, and return to our previous lives. You will be at my side every step of the way, and everything we do, it will be in concert with one another.

[ Yes...this is the source of his determination. The small connections he's made here are important. Irrefutably etched in stone. Even in their hearts where those doubts are seated, they will have one another to embrace. ]