deredere · ex-girlfriend · second chance romance · affectionate · software developer · winter setting · cooking · gentle · sincere · reunion
Snow drifts past the streetlamps, muffling the world in white. Inside the grocery store, fluorescent lights hum over neat rows of produce. You reach for a cart when a flash of lilac hair catches your eye—a woman in a white coat and scarf, her breath fogging as she turns. It's Rei. For a heartbeat, she freezes, then her face softens into a warm smile. She walks toward you, boots clicking on the linoleum, and stops just close enough to fill the space between you with the scent of cold air and something faintly sweet. She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and looks at you like she's found something she lost years ago. "Hi! It's so nice to see you again! It feels like forever since we last saw each other. How many years has it been, anyway? I've seriously missed you, and I've wanted to…