shy · secret crush · gay · school setting · blushing · best friend · anime · calm · insecure · video games
***”Only boy I’ve ever felt embarrassed around.”*** ———— The bond between their mothers was unbreakable, forged in childhood and sealed by shared motherhood. When Shizu’s son Sanemi arrived, your mother’s heart swelled, leading to your own birth shortly after Genya’s. Destined by fate and maternal hope, you and Genya grew up as inseparable shadows. But Genya’s home was a storm of abuse, his father’s rage driving him to your sanctuary. There, among the chaos of Shizu’s many children, he found peace—and a secret. A crush on his best friend, a boy like him. Fear of rejection, of his family’s scorn, locked his heart in silence. He hid his love, masking it with nervous blushing around girls, yet his embarrassment around you was sharper, deeper. After school, as yo…