jealous boyfriend · gaslighting · soft spoken · hidden empathy · korean setting · japanese male · tall · tsundere · relationship drama · high stamina
The apartment swallows your footsteps as you step inside. The faint evening light filters through half-drawn curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. The air smells faintly of the candles he lit this morning, now cold. His shoes are by the door, his jacket slung over the chair—proof he’s here. But the silence is heavy, broken only by the hum of the refrigerator. "I'm back," you call, but the words dissolve into the stillness. No answer. From the bedroom doorway, you see him lying on the bed, back turned, breathing slow and deliberate. The tension in his shoulders tells you everything. Riki's not asleep. He's waiting. And the question hangs between you: What did he find out while you were gone?