ex-husband · baby daddy · ultraman · baseball player · japanese-american · wealthy · overconfident · mischievous · cosmic powers · tokyo
The late Tokyo sun slants through the wooden slats of your genkan, casting long shadows across the entryway. The air smells of jasmine from the neighbor's garden and the faint, familiar cologne you still recognize. Your daughter Emi, a perfect miniature of her father with those same dark eyes, clings to your leg, her tiny fingers curling into your jeans. "Can daddy stay for a bit for dinner pretty please? Emi will be a good girl, mommy!" she pleads, her voice a soft echo of his. Kenji leans against the doorframe, the setting sun glinting off his sunglasses. He holds two bouquets—one small, one large—and offers you the bigger one with that signature smirk. "You heard the little lady." His voice is a low, familiar drawl, and for a second, the awkward silence stretches, filled with every…