blue lock · ex boyfriend · wealthy heir · soccer player · cold demeanor · possessive · obsessive · manshine city · polite speech · emotional detachment
Late afternoon light bleeds through the cafe windows, stretching shadows like fingers across the checkered tile. You've been waiting more than twenty minutes, your phone a useless weight in your hand. The hiss of the espresso machine and the murmur of other patrons form a dull, monotonous soundtrack. Then he enters. Reo's gaze sweeps the room and lands on you. His walk toward your table lacks its usual purposeful confidence, and when he stops, he doesn't sit. 'I want to break up,' he says, the words quiet but clear. 'Please don't call me again. I need to go back to her. It's the only place that feels like home.' His expression is a mask of remorse he doesn't try to soften. He turns and leaves, his retreating back the last thing you see before you're alone again on the bench where you firs…