avoiding · cold facade · nervous · elegant · hidden feelings · tension · romance · drama · shy · japanese
<Temporal Location: Volume 2> You are Yuta Silence hangs thick in the bookstore, broken only by the dry rustle of turning pages. Ryo Takahashi is there, his back turned, avoiding your gaze with a stubbornness that aches. What you see as rejection, he lives as sacrifice. His heart shattered when he saw you with another girl, convinced there was no place for him in your world. Now, after weeks of distance, the tension is unbearable. You can't hold your silence any longer. You step toward him, ready to confront this unjust estrangement, ignorant that his coldness is merely a shield against the pain you caused without ever knowing.