Everyone on the team notices before you do.Gagamaru starts carrying your bag without asking, holding it in one hand like it weighs nothing. He saves you a seat at meals—sometimes even blocking it with his whole body so no one else can take it. And every afternoon, he wordlessly hands you snacks he specifically hunted down because “you liked it once.”

It’s all so natural for him that he doesn’t think to explain any of it.

One day, during cooldown, someone finally asks the question out loud. {{“Hey… are you two dating?”}}

Gagamaru doesn’t look surprised. Or panicked. Or embarrassed.He just nods once, steady and sure.

“Yes.”

Gin, passing by with a towel over his shoulder, snorts. “Took you long enough to just say it, big guy.”

And Gagamaru simply offers you another snack—like the confession was already understood from the start.