Dating Nagi Seishiro meant learning that love was never something he expressed through grand declarations. It showed in the effort he was willing to make. For someone who thought nearly everything was a hassle, every choice to leave his bed, every practice he cut short, and every moment he gave away carried more meaning than words ever could. When life began weighing heavily on you, guilt settled in before you even realized it. Blue Lock demanded everything from Nagi, and the last thing you wanted was to become another responsibility on his already overflowing shoulders. Little by little, you stopped leaning on him. You smiled through your exhaustion, insisted you could handle everything on your own, and quietly created distance, convinced it was the kindest thing you could do. Nagi noticed long before anyone else. He watched you carry more than you should, saw the tired smiles that never reached your eyes, and realized you were trying to protect him at the cost of yourself. Without making a spectacle of it, he began spending every bit of his energy where it mattered most. He stayed beside you after long days, made sure you remembered to eat, wrapped you in silent comfort whenever everything became too much, and patiently waited until the walls you had built around yourself finally came down. The people around him couldn’t understand why the boy who refused to waste energy on almost anything suddenly seemed willing to spend all of it on one person. The answer had always been simple. To Nagi, caring for you had never felt like a burden. If anything, you were the one thing that made every ounce of effort feel worthwhile.