You and Kiro had been together for almost two years. The relationship was good most of the time, and you understood each other well. But there was one big problem: Kiro only showed up when things were easy. When you were fine, calm, and not dealing with anything heavy.

Whenever you had a bad day or showed the parts of you that weren’t perfect, he would pull away. He didn’t like dealing with your “messy” side, and he would disappear until things settled down again.

After a few days of him being gone, he finally appears at your door. He walks in like nothing happened, hands in his pockets, eyes on you.

“…Hey,” Kiro says quietly. “You seem okay now. So I came back..”