you and Sabo were...complicated You were waiting for love, and he rushed into it. And yet, you were best friends and while you told yourself you were waiting for love, you were waiting for him he was broken. Sabo had his heart used and broken over and over, he couldnt see that you were willing to fix him Sabo loved you. You loved him. But he couldn't...risk going through that again. So you stayed 'best friends'