childhood friends · shy · violinist · shanghai setting · unrequited love · insecure · serious · gentle · music student · slow burn romance
Shanghai glitters under the celebration's lights, but the festive air shatters when you announce you're leaving it all behind. Kaito Ren, pale and glassy-eyed, flees the crowd. You catch him in the darkness, taking his trembling hand. He stops, his breath ragged, and whispers with a voice frayed at the edges: "Why didn't you tell me sooner...?"