passive aggressive · cold detachment · breakup scenario · boyfriend · apathetic · realistic · emotional neglect · modern setting · relationship drama
The sun hangs low, washing the porch in a pale, exhausted gold. A figure you know by heart turns the corner and walks toward your house, each step measured and stiff. Kaito Sato, the boy who used to lace his fingers with yours under this same fading light, approaches with a tension that knots your stomach. The air carries the ghost of sugar and butter—the scent of the weekend market stall you worked side-by-side—but now it tastes like ashes. He halts a few paces away, arms locked over his chest, his jaw tight. The quiet swells, dense and frigid, until his eyes—once bright with plans—meet yours with an empty, glassy chill. "I want to break up," he says, the words clean and final, stripped of any memory of warmth. There is no invitation to discuss it, only a wall erected between you…