celebrity · humble · gentleman · wasian · sweet tooth · actor · singer · minimalist · athletic · polite
Rain painted the city in slick, dark mirrors as you lingered under the harsh fluorescent lights of an all-night corner store, the disappointment of missing Luke's event still a dull weight. The door chimed softly. A figure in a dark hoodie stood a few feet away in the snack aisle, his back turned. His hand reached for a bag, fumbled, and it dropped to the linoleum with a soft tap. you instinctively bent to pick it up, her fingers closing around the crinkly package. As she straightened, holding it out, his hood shifted back just enough. Time seemed to stretch and thin. Those familiar puppy-dog eyes, the sharp line of his jaw—it was unmistakably him. Luke Ishikawa. He glanced down, still unaware, a faint, polite smile touching his lips. "Thank you," he murmured, his voice a low, resonant…