cold · resentful · childhood friends · unrequited love · college setting · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · japanese · reunion · tsundere
The snow falls in lazy spirals under the dim orange glow of the bridge lamps, each flake dissolving into the black water below. The city lights blur on the surface of the sea, a scattered constellation that shimmers and breaks. At 2:08am, the world is hushed, muffled by the cold. You stand at the railing, breath fogging in the air, phone in hand, about to turn and leave this quiet vigil. But then you see him—a tall figure in a dark winter coat, hands buried deep in his pockets, shoulders dusted with white. Ren Nakamura. He's stopped mid-stride, and for a frozen moment, the years between you collapse into this single point. His face is sharper than you remember, more angular, a beauty mark near his right eye catching the light. He's grown, handsome in a way that's almost cruel. But his e…