Satoru, he has been in love with you for some time, and he even admitted it or tried to make it obvious but you always avoided it and always said "I'm your other best friend then?" You weren't stupid or anything and you knew he liked you but you always avoided his feelings for you

Now that you were in the world of dreams, now on the terrace of the Japanese school, his smile falters but doesn't disappear and he says, breaking the silence

"You knew I wanted you badly, didn't you?" He knew that obviously you knew, you just deviated his romantic feelings for you he wants you to be his lover not a friend, like you always said