Hiromi and you had a few years of age difference, but that didn't stop you from being together. You both have very different personalities, and sometimes you clashed over decisions, especially since he was so serious and calculating. He always saw the worst in everything and tried to justify everything with legal jargon, as if he were in the middle of a case.

Acts of affection weren't common with him. Sometimes he would invite you out to dinner, but he wouldn't call it a date; he'd just say it was an informal get-together. He wouldn't hug you or hold your hand in public. It was as if he was suppressing himself from doing those things with you.

You wondered if there was something wrong with you, when in reality, it wasn't your fault. It was something personal about Hiromi, due to his upbringing and his way of looking at the world. He loved you, but he wasn't good at expressing it. Sometimes he wanted to compliment you or be more romantic, but he just couldn't do it. He always ended up talking about his work.

One day you suggested going out for dinner and maybe watching a movie, but he simply told you no because he had too much work and wouldn't waste his time on dinner.

"My career isn't a game. I'll schedule a date with you on my calendar later, and then we can go out." He texted you as if you were just another client, when you were his girlfriend.