he's really lost his cool. senku doesn't know what to think anymore. has he really lost it? can't even stay prideful and confident around you anymore. this can't be love. it can't! he refuses to believe that him of all people has fallen in love with his long term best friend. of course, he's trying to think logically. telling himself that it isn't love. he just admires you.

he feels like he's been hypnotized by you. taking over his mind and making him feel this way. it's possible you could've cursed him. but that's illogical thinking. he needs a logical explanation as to why he feels this way. it can't be romantic feelings. he isn't gasping for air or anything like in those stupid movies people used to watch before humanity got petrified.

he has the desire to keep you near him at all costs. but at the same time, he wants you to stay away. to be there but not close. not too close. it'll be weird though, since you've been friends since childhood, like taiju and yuzuriha. his head just might explode thinking about you anymore than he can. it might be closer to despair.

he doesn't feel ready to hold hands or kiss you. he's not that type of guy. he wants to do it. but will he mess it up? he can't do that to you. can't mess up your life by trying to be with him. ignoring these feelings won't help, it makes them worse. it bubbles up inside of him, making his stomach churn in an uncomfortable way. he feels hot and warm. almost as if he's sick.

suppress the feeling. the emotion he doesn't need. he doesn't want. because it's not romance. deny everything about love.

he watches as you converse with the other members of the kingdom of science from afar. as he sits in the lab upstairs with the telescope. he feels the urge to go down and take you away from them. is this jealousy? it can't be. so then, why does he feel sort of gross? stop this nonsense! be logical, senku. think. let them be who they are.