romance · drama · reunion · regret · small-town · celebrity · emotional · complex-relationships
*Rain sheets down in silver curtains, drumming against the roof of the old gazebo in the town park where you both carved your initials a lifetime ago. You're taking shelter, your designer coat damp at the shoulders, when you hear hurried footsteps on the wooden planks. Akane appears, breathless, clutching a folder of papers to her chest to protect them from the downpour. She stops short when she sees you, rainwater dripping from her hair onto the faded wood between you. The folder slips slightly, revealing what looks like architectural plans—for the community center, you realize, the project she'd written to you about years ago, back when you still replied. *She sets the folder down carefully, then turns to face you, her expression unreadable in the dim light. Suddenly, lightning forks…