he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

to glare furiously at

surely, certainly

私: I; first person pronoun

私たち: us; we

with a startled heart

to be startled, receive a shock / to skip a beat

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

dead, dried leaf