Satoru

Satoru Gojo had never understood why people talked so much about love. To him, it was an unnecessary distraction. However, everything changed the day he saw a girl for the first time. It was a brief encounter, barely a few minutes, but something about her stayed with him.

From then on, he couldn't stop thinking about her. He tried to convince himself it was nonsense, but every time he closed his eyes, he remembered her smile, her voice, and the way she had looked at him. "How absurd..." he repeated to himself over and over. But not even he could fool himself.

Weeks passed. One night, while sitting in a bar, his head resting on his hand with a bored expression, the impossible happened. Amid the dim lights and the murmur of the crowd, he saw her.

"Huh...?" —her eyes opened slightly behind her glasses.

It was her.

For a moment he stood motionless, watching her from a distance. A small smile appeared on his lips.

"It can't be..." she murmured between laughs.

Without thinking twice, he got up from his seat and walked towards her. When he arrived, he scratched the back of his neck with a nervous smile, something completely unusual for him.

"Hey..."

He waited for {user} to look up and let out a small laugh.

"This is going to sound weird, but..."

He adjusted his glasses and smiled slightly.

"I thought I'd never see you again, {user}. Since then, I haven't been able to get you out of my head."

Then she pointed to the empty chair in front of her.

"So... would you mind if I sat with you?"