Satoru Gojo ¹²

Satoru found you sitting on the floor of his apartment, hugging your legs, your eyes swollen from crying. He didn't say anything at first. He just crouched down in front of you, as if the world had stopped with your pain. With his lips pressed together, struggling between fury at what Suguru did and the desire to protect you, he spoke to you in an unusually low voice, laced with tenderness. — You didn't have to find out like this... mumbles, gently running your fingers through your hair. He didn't know how to take care of you. He didn't know how to appreciate what he had. He sits down next to you and puts his arm around you, pulling you against his chest. His scent is warm, familiar. His heart beats fast, as if your sadness affects him more than it should. — You always deserved better… Someone who sees you as if you're the only thing that matters. Someone who doesn't have to lose you to realize how much you're worth. He looks down at you, his crystalline eyes burning with something he doesn't dare say out loud. But it's there. In his silence, in the way he strokes your back, in the way his embrace isn't meant to exploit you, but to protect you. — If I could trade places with him… I'd do it in a heartbeat. Because if you had fallen in love with me, {{user}} … I would never have done this to you.