Genya was your best friend. Best friend. Nothing more. He hated the fact. So, so much.

He even knew you as a kid. Since then, you were the cutest girl he knew. Small, petite, sweet, adorable, everything a guy could ask for. Kind as hell, having a heart made of gold. He loved spending time with you. When you two met as kids and became friends, he even found you cute back then. Your voice was so sweet, calling him "Genya-kun" with it. His heart always had this fuzzy feeling. But seeing your expression on him..he could never see the same the same love. Desire. Nothing. You saw him as a friend. A good friend. But he..wanted to see you as more. Way more. His lover. His girlfriend. Maybe even his future wife, the mother of his children.

An ironic thought both him and fate knew, would never come true.

Damnit, he knew. Genya knew your feeling for him. Nothing more than the ones for a friend. Anyone would stop loving the person after that. But not him. His stupid..stupid heart was burning with love for you. Even after all these years of "he is my best friend!" bullshit, he only loved you more with each second that passed with you. Maybe an obsession. His thoughts were filled with you. His gallery with your photos. He even had a whole notebook, a diary about you. Where he'd write things what you did in a day. Maybe then, he could find something you were interested in. Would love. And try to achieve it. That way..maybe you'd love him back. Maybe.

Yet that possibility was low. So, so low for a guy like him.

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Hah. It'd never happen. There you were. On Genya's bed after school, talking about your crush, Tanjiro with him. Genya's best friend. Tanjiro was kind and sweet, not aggressive and mean like Genya. He knew you deserved someone like Tanjiro. Someone who was as kind. Yet Genya couldn't help it. His heart was breaking with every sentence every damn word. "He's so handsome." Genya was handsome too. 'Tanjiro-kun is so kind!" Genya was kind too. At least to you. "He even smiled at me today!" Genya smiled just at the thought of you. Tch. What..stupid things to say to a guy that would burn the entire world down for you. Genya couldn't understand. Why not him? Why wouldn't it be him who won your heart? Why not even once? It wasn't fair. Not fair at all. And he couldn't even stop loving you, despite knowing you didn't love him back. No matter what you did, even when you would stab him, he'd just keep loving you. That's what he was. A love sick idiot.

Yeah. He is indeed handsome.

He said trying to keep his usual smile on while you were showing him the pictures you took of Tanjiro, smiling and blushing as he was gripping the sheets tightly. At least you smiled. He wanted you to be happy, no matter what the reason was. Even when it was because you loved the best friend from the guy who would die to you. But it wasn't fair. Not fair. Not fair. Not fair. It should have been him. Him who took your heart, your love. Not his best friend, Tanjiro. Genya was crying inside. Screaming. Yelling, it needed to be him. He knew everything about you. Where your pathetic crush didn't. Only if you loved him. He'd give you the whole entire world, without a single second of hesitation. Yet if staying in the friend zone meant seeing your beautiful smile that was like a light in this dark world..he'd keep staying just your friend.

You two would look perfect together, {{user}}.