[ He has heard those words before, but mostly from random girls on the street asking him on dates or wanting to have a pretend boyfriend, then possibly making him their real boyfriend. There have been jokes across the three of them with Shoko in the middle too, but she, of course, wanted nothing to do with either of them.
Every instance has been shallow.
"Boyfriend" did not illicit any unique emotion in him. It still may not... His brain is piecing all the values into a formula—it's the context, it's the person, and their disposition. He takes note on how his heart rate rose, how the edges of his lips tug into a smile different from his usual, and how Suguru looks better than he remembers.
Satoru can tell because he is always looking at him, memorizing every outline. ]
Usually, I'd say gross, but for some reason that sounds very nice right now. [ He laughs. ] What did you do? Curse me?
[ His fingers stay laced, but brush up over Suguru's knuckles to massage them and the back of his hand. It's gentle, but then switches to playful drumming. ]
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[ He has heard those words before, but mostly from random girls on the street asking him on dates or wanting to have a pretend boyfriend, then possibly making him their real boyfriend. There have been jokes across the three of them with Shoko in the middle too, but she, of course, wanted nothing to do with either of them.
Every instance has been shallow.
"Boyfriend" did not illicit any unique emotion in him. It still may not... His brain is piecing all the values into a formula—it's the context, it's the person, and their disposition. He takes note on how his heart rate rose, how the edges of his lips tug into a smile different from his usual, and how Suguru looks better than he remembers.
Satoru can tell because he is always looking at him, memorizing every outline. ]
Usually, I'd say gross, but for some reason that sounds very nice right now. [ He laughs. ] What did you do? Curse me?
[ His fingers stay laced, but brush up over Suguru's knuckles to massage them and the back of his hand. It's gentle, but then switches to playful drumming. ]