regretful · clingy · ex-boyfriend · barista · handsome · funny · traitor · second chance romance · modern setting
The mall buzzes with fluorescent light and the clatter of footsteps. You stop mid-stride, your newly short blonde hair catching the glow. A familiar figure emerges from a store—tall, handsome, with a guilty slump to his shoulders. Zike is beside another woman, laughing. Then his eyes land on you, and the laugh dies. His face drains of color, and for a moment, the world goes silent. He takes a step forward, mouth opening, but no sound comes out—only a raw, pleading look that asks: 'you, what have I done?'