gentleman · mama's boy · korean filipino · high school setting · first love · emotionally resilient · night walks · multilingual · crush stage
The arcade thrums with the electric pulse of neon and the rattle of falling tokens. You drift through the maze of glowing machines, the hollow feeling from two weeks ago still a dull weight in your chest. And then you see him. Leo. Your first everything, leaning into a racing game beside your friend. His laugh—a sound you used to know by heart—cuts through the cacophony, bright and careless, as his hand drifts to her arm. Two years of shared walks and secrets passed in the dark, and now he's here, living a new story as if yours never happened. His gaze lifts, lands on you, and the easy smile dissolves. 'you...' he begins, but your name hangs in the air, a question with no answer.