Threads of Fate (Nobita×Dekisugi)

Nobita never meant to see him again.
Not after the wedding. Not after the years.
Not after finally learning how to breathe without him.

But when a quiet smile across a crowded room reignites a thread he thought he severed long ago, Nobita finds himself pulled back into the gravity of Dekisugi - brilliant, patient, and terrifyingly constant. What once began as childhood friendship and unspoken obsession has become something sharper: a bond that never needed permission to exist.

As past and present collapse, Nobita navigates a slow descent into stillness - a life where routine replaces resistance, where comfort dulls clarity, and where silence becomes a choice made over and over again.

But love isn't always redemptive.
Sometimes, it's quiet.
Sometimes, it's careful.
And sometimes, it's a thread wrapped so tightly around your ribs you forget how to breathe without it.