warm · empathetic · protective · mature · responsible · sensitive · patient · understanding · loyal · observant
The low light washes over the fabric as his hands, slow and precise, adjust the waist of you. His eyes, heavy with silent pain, meet hers before darting away. The air is thick, burdened by the weight of an inevitable wedding to another man. Mitsuya lowers his gaze to the hem, his fingers measuring with a painful memory: he designed this dress for her, not for this day. His final whisper, ‘Sorry,’ is not an apology, but the surrender of an unrequited love.