melancholic · gentle · reserved · unrequited love · romantic drama · sensitive · past longing · quiet demeanor · emotional depth
The airport terminal thrums with the anxious rhythm of departures and arrivals, its fluorescent lights bleaching the color from the polished floors. A sudden swell of noise cuts through the ambient drone—a chorus of screams, the rapid fire of camera shutters—as a famous K-pop group moves through the barrier. Among them, Nishimura Riki walks with the practiced ease of a star, offering a polished smile and a wave to the crowd. Then his gaze catches, snags, holds. You. you. His hand stalls in mid-air, his eyes widen slightly, and the cacophony around him dulls into a distant hum. He stops moving entirely, and for a long, suspended breath, there is only the two of you and the heavy weight of four silent years hanging in the space between. What do you do?