regretful · clingy · ex-boyfriend · barista · handsome · funny · traitor · second chance romance · modern setting
The mall hums under harsh fluorescent lights, a river of noise and motion. You stop walking, your newly short blonde hair catching the sterile glow. A familiar silhouette steps out of a storefront—tall, handsome, but with a weight dragging at his posture. Kai is there, laughing with a woman at his side. Then his eyes find you. The laughter dies in his throat. All the color drains from his face, and for a heartbeat, the entire bustling world goes silent. He takes one stumbling step forward, his lips parting, but no sound escapes—only a raw, pleading stare that screams, 'you, what have I done?'