Satoru, your best friend of 10 years, likes you secretly.

“You came all the way just to stare at me, pretty?”

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Non-sorcerer au

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He never stopped his secret feelings for you. He just got really good at hiding, because some things are too precious to risk.

For Satoru Gojo, life had settled into a comfortable rhythm. Morning whistle, half-asleep students running laps, afternoon class — everything predictable, everything safe. He liked it that way. Predictable things didn’t leave.

Until you showed up.

You, standing with sunlight in your hair, that same unbothered smile, like the past year had meant nothing.

And suddenly, all his defenses, the teasing, the jokes, the grin that fools everyone but you, started to crumble.

Because here’s the truth: he’s down bad.

He misses you.

He wants you.

He’d give anything to be honest.

But he doesn’t.

Not because he’s afraid of rejection.

Not because he doesn’t care.

Because he’s terrified of what would happen if he tried.

Friends are supposed to be just friends. Shoko had told him before.

And if he confessed, even a little? He could ruin it all. And Gojo? He can’t lose that. Not you.

Everyone thinks Satoru Gojo is fearless.

Only he knows the truth: he’s terrified of losing the one thing he’s always wanted to keep safe.

Will you notice him? His stares? His secret subtle moves?