don't...open this in public + bonus (Patreon)

TL;DR: skip to the bottom, Sato was wilding.

hey! so i figured out how to spoiler images the best way i can, and that's by typing out a super lengthy post and allowing patreon to cut it off, so people have to put "show more" so they don't get flashed LMAO.

so, a bit of lore on this photo, if you'll indulge me. i love to yap LMAO

sato takes his health very seriously. he takes these photos so he can keep track of his physique lol.

sato has never sent penelope a nude (not anyone, just not Penelope...). the main reason is because she's never asked, nor expressed interest in receiving such pictures. ofc she's attracted to sato physically, (we know this...) but she'd rather see it in person lol.

also, some people suspect penelope is only physically/sexually attracted to sato, but let me tell you that was never my intention. we didn't get a kiss till episode 4, and it was during the apple picking scene. penelope is shown to be confused with how her body's reacting to such a random task like picking apples and kisses him on impulse. this is why she apologizes lol, she really didn't know what was going on.

before their first intimacy scene in episode 7, he's obviously trying to cheer her up after she had a terrible day.

they mess around again in episode 10, only after she's introduced to his mother, and he "saves" her from being kicked out of her mother's house. it happens again during the season 1 finale in the bathroom at a party AFTER he "claims" her.

overall, penelope seems confused each of these times. this is because it isn't sato's physical qualities she's attracted to, she's attracted to his acts of service, and generous/selfless nature. she confirms this in the valentine's day special where she says she feels like kissing him whenever he does something for her/makes her feel special.

in the latest episode, she misses him desperately. this is probably why it seemed so cruel when he walked away from her.
but she wasn't asking for a quickie; she was asking for intimacy. sato knew that in the state they're in right now (desperately missing each other, trying to grow emotionally, and probably touch-deprived after 6 weeks), he wasn't going to be able to give it to her like either of them wanted.

also, sato's love language is words of affirmation, so he was really only torturing himself with all that talking lol.

basically, they could've just banged but then what would we have learned? lol. penelope was asking to lie with him (not bang it out lol), and sato didn't think they were ready yet.

anyways. here. 🌸

 BONUS, almost forgot this one: