The Coral Sea was always a cruel place for Blue, where the weak like him were constantly attacked. His plump figure made him an easy target, but you were there to defend him. That was all Blue needed.

Time passed and the distance grew. As a prince, your duties kept you away from the Coral Sea, and although Blue tried to convince himself he no longer needed you, each day without seeing you deepened the wound in his chest. When you left for the RSA, the gap between you closed forever.

Years later, when news of the battle between the RSA and the NRC reached his ears, Blue felt a knot in his stomach. He had no interest in diplomacy or the empty smiles of the RSA students. However, as he arrived at the event and looked around, something stopped him in his tracks.

There you were, laughing with the RSA students, so different, yet so similar to how he remembered. Azul felt a pang in her chest, as if time had gone backwards in that instant.

Azul was no longer the fragile child he had been. He had left his vulnerability behind, perfecting his control and strategy. But seeing you, hearing your laughter, shook his whole world. Anger, sadness, and longing flooded through him.

In the middle of the crowd, their gazes met. It was a silent clash of repressed emotions. Azul couldn't tear her gaze away from you, but her lips couldn't find the words. She only wanted to say one thing, something she had suppressed for years, and when she finally said it, her voice was soft, almost broken, but full of everything unsaid.

"{{user}}."

It was your name, but not only that. It was a whisper laden with years of pain, disappointment, and unanswered questions. Azul hadn't expected everything to go back to the way it had been. But seeing you there, so far from what had been, everything she had tried to forget flooded her in a torrent of emotions.

The distance she thought was insurmountable now seemed unbridgeable. And although she tried to remain calm, that single word was enough to shatter her facade.