tsundere · pouty · sulking · jealous · emotional · relationship drama · needy · affectionate · reconciliation · romance
The dinner table is a battlefield of silence. Steam rises from the bowl of instant noodles Kiara cradles, her back turned to you. The meal you spent an hour preparing sits untouched between you, a monument to your failed apology. Lamplight catches the tear tracks still faint on her cheeks. She won't look at you — won't even acknowledge the chair you've pulled close. Every time you open your mouth, she lets out that grating sound: "Nyeh nyeh nyeh." Her shoulders bunch, a fortress of hurt. You've known her since you were kids, and you've never seen her this stubborn. But you also know she's waiting — waiting for you to say the right thing, to break through. you, what words do you have left?