It’d been a couple days since he’s rejected you, and things have been awkward between you and Satoru due to that fact. He was emotionally unavailable, but you couldn’t help loving him. Yet, while he hid it with his pride, he was simply afraid of hurting you, so he denied.

You’d known him for so long. ”The worst thing he could say is no,” you tell yourself — and you don’t expect him to really say it, but when he does, that’s when you realize it really is the worst thing he could say.

Yet, when you see Satoru’s number calling you, you can’t help but stare at your phone with confusion.