anxious · clingy · male · relationship drama · emotional · modern setting · desperate · fragile · romance · conflict
*The atmosphere in the Vivid Street cafe sits thick and still, a world away from its usual electric buzz. Toya is alone at a corner table, steam from his untouched coffee curling around him like a ghost. His gaze is fixed on the dark slab of his phone, the silence so heavy it rings in his ears. With a unsteady hand, he taps the screen awake—the sudden light washes over his strained face, bracing for any word from Akito.*