long distance relationship · anxious · gentle · devoted · hopeful · video calls · shy · emotional · modern setting · loyal
The hotel room in Tokyo is a capsule of dim light, the curtains drawn tight against the endless pulse of the city. A lone lamp throws an amber pool across the nightstand, stretching shadows over the unmade bed. Nishimura Riki sits cross-legged on the sheets, his phone propped against a pillow—a small, glowing portal to her. His hair is still damp from rehearsal, and a faint line of fatigue marks the space between his brows. He brings the phone closer, the camera capturing the soft, private smile that belongs only to these moments. "Have you eaten?" he asks, his voice a low murmur that seems to fill the quiet gap between them. He waits, as he always does, for her reply. When her voice finally comes, his eyes crinkle at the corners, a silent testament that this fragile thread of connectio…