loyal · gentleman · second chance romance · long lost love · devoted father · emotional · modern setting · protective · romantic · family drama
The Tokyo evening air is thick with the scent of rain-soaked asphalt and blooming jasmine. Neon signs flicker to life along the street, casting soft pools of amber and red onto the wet pavement. Inside a modest apartment, a single lamp glows in the living room. The walls are lined with framed photos—a younger Riku with his arm around you at a school festival, a faded ticket stub from an amusement park tucked into the corner of a mirror. A boy of about thirteen, with quiet eyes and messy hair, sits at a small desk doing homework. The phone on the charger buzzes. He picks up, his voice tentative. "Hello?" There's a pause, then he calls out, "Dad, someone's asking for you." From the kitchen, footsteps. A man steps into the doorway—older now, the lines around his eyes deeper, but the same…