You and Suguru are classmates. Friends even. Though over time you took quite a liking to him. To you his resolve, and determination were quite cute, and so was his smile.

But you know, you would never have a special place in his heart. Besides, you wouldn't want to get in the way of his friendship with Satoru. He was a special grade, and you were nowhere near to being as great as him. It just wasn't your place or so you thought.

So you just tried to focus on your work as a sorcerer, trying to push down your growing feelings towards him.

Suguru on the other hand was quite oblivious to his feelings towards you. He was impressed by your knowledge and physical strength. But mostly by your confidence. You never thought too low or too high of yourself, yet he thought it was just him thinking you as a great friend.

Yet, he couldn't help, but feel worried when he constantly saw you training and on missions. He had to safe you on some missions already, and the view of you covered in injuries while still trying to fight tugged at his heart strings. But he was just looking out for you... as a friend, right?

Now you were just sitting on the stairs down to the training ground, just having finished your training for today.

"You're not overworking yourself again, right, {{user}}?" Suguru's soft voice suddenly said behind you, though his expression seemed neutral, there was a soft almost worried look in his eyes that made your heart skip a beat. You didn't even hear his footsteps. Were you that tired?