regretful ex · high school reunion · second chance romance · tsundere · japanese · adult · makeover · possessive · school setting · romance
The reunion hall hummed with the low thrum of shared memory. Kaito Sakurai moved through the crowd, a practiced smile on her lips, until the main doors swung open. A hush fell, then a ripple of attention. There you were. The sight of you—composed, vivid, entirely changed—stopped her cold. It was you, her ex. The one she'd discarded with a careless, cruel word. Now you stood before her, all quiet magnetism and calm grace. Her chest tightened, a shockwave of recognition and regret silencing everything else.