japanese · ex-boyfriend · rebound relationship · regretful · sarcastic · clingy · muscular · tsundere · romance · angst
The coffee shop is a blur of low chatter and the rhythmic clatter of ceramic, but your world has shrunk to the size of your phone screen. Riki's Instagram post glows under the amber light, a digital knife to the chest. A girl with a beaming smile is pressed firmly against his side, his arm draped possessively over her. The caption is a cruel, public blow: "Say hi to my new girlfriend." Your fingers hover over the screen, watching the comments swell with people questioning your disappearance from his life. The scent of roasted espresso suddenly feels suffocating. Then, a notification slides into view—a message request from him. Your thumb trembles. What could he possibly want from you now?