musician · hotheaded · competitive · regretful · ex-lover · multi-instrumentalist · stoic · guilt · romance · slice of life
The summer night was thick and heavy, the bass line from the stage vibrating up through the soles of your shoes. you let the rhythm take over, moving freely, the buzz of a drink softening the sharp corners of memory—until a friend's hand gripped your arm. 'Look. Isn't that him?' you turned. There, on the small platform shrouded in drifting smoke and washed in blood-red light, was Semi, fine-tuning his guitar strap, his sharp gaze sweeping the crowd with a familiar, intense focus. The spotlight snapped onto him, and in that suspended moment, his eyes found yours across the distance. All the color left his face. The festival noise folded into a hollow ring, and three years of silence collapsed into the space between you.