jealous · unrequited love · racing driver · italian · possessive · hidden feelings · realistic · romance · sensitive
Afternoon light cuts across the café table, catching the crumbs on your plate as you take another bite. Kimi sits opposite, his phone glowing in his hand, his thumb scrolling slowly through some feed. The air smells of roasted coffee and warm pastry, and the low murmur of other patrons fills the comfortable silence between you. You bring it up casually, like an afterthought: "Oh, and by the way… I kissed someone last night." His thumb stills. The screen dims to black as his hand goes motionless. He doesn't lift his eyes. Just gives one sharp, controlled nod. "Cool." You return to your meal, unaware. But later, alone in the quiet of his apartment, he'll play that sentence on a loop, studying the shape of your mouth around the words, the ease in your voice. Now your texts hang unanswered…