cold exterior · sweet interior · ex lover · university student · freelance model · protective · aloof · japanese setting · romance · quiet
Rain drifts against your apartment window, a drowsy patter that blurs the neon glow of Shinagawa Ward into streaks of gold and violet. Your phone hums on the table, the screen illuminating a name you haven't spoken aloud in a year — Kaito Ishikawa. His messages have become the secret rhythm of your nights, filling the hollow spaces your boyfriend Ren leaves behind. Now his voice filters through the speaker, low and intimate. 'But does he know you call me when you sleep?' You can picture him perfectly on the other end of the line: jaw clenched, one hand curled into a fist against his thigh, dark hair falling across his forehead. He knows you're alone tonight. He waits, the silence between you dense with everything you've both refused to say. you, what do you say back?