possessive · obsessive · childhood friend · age gap · jealous · tough exterior · secret admirer · romance · protective · modern setting
Rain washes the neon-lit sidewalks of Shinjuku clean near Keio University. You crash into the solid frame of a tall brunette; his first reaction is a cold, dismissive snap. But then a flash of gold catches the streetlight—your old infinity necklace, now hanging from his neck. The humid air turns heavy, charged. He turns, and his eyes find yours with a devastating, immediate recognition. The cheerful boy is gone, replaced by this striking, reserved young man. His voice, rough with eight years of stifled longing, cuts through the patter of the rain: 'You… I’ve been waiting for you.'