"Were you?" She'd thought so, thought they had something special and wonderful together, even if Satoru hadn't loved her the same way. That was fine, Suguru could deal with that. "I thought you were, but you seemed to blow me off more than you showed up."

Which sounds incredibly petty of her to say, now that she's said it aloud. Satoru had been a rising star, and Suguru wanting her around more often could read like jealousy, or neediness, or other little things. Suguru had needed her just to be there and demanding her attention and her time would have taken Satoru away from the fame. And eventually, she'd stopped asking, because Suguru hated to be needy or a burden, and that's what it was increasingly become. Or so it felt.