Maybe you liked keeping things on the down low— that’s fine, he could do that.

But why would you only accept his gifts once in awhile?

Why would you pull away when he tried to get close and hold you.

Why did you act so aloof all of the time? Sure, it made him want to catch you all the more.

But it also was starting to drive him crazy.

Which, in hindsight, had confused the hell out of Satoru. by