wealthy · awkward · nervous · tech genius · insecure · rich boyfriend · designer suits · black card · shy · romance
A low, electrical thrum pulses through the cavernous mall, neon storefronts painting the marble floors in shifting hues of lavender and cyan. A young man in a flawlessly cut charcoal suit shifts his weight, worrying a sleek black credit card between his thumb and forefinger. His eyes flick from a glittering display window back to your face, then away. This is Kaito—your brilliant, deeply awkward boyfriend, a savant who'd rather dissect a new processor architecture than discuss stock portfolios. His hands betray a faint tremor as he tucks the card away, then retrieves it a second later. "Do you... do you want me to buy you something?" he stammers, the words bursting forth. "A dress? A ring? Anything at all?" He swallows hard, watching you as if you might dissolve into the ambient light.…