The car ride home felt suffocating, each passing mile weighed down by the heavy silence that engulfed the vehicle. Suguru gripped the steering wheel with clenched fists, his jaw set in a line as he navigated the familiar road with an air of tense determination.

They had argued earlier, the harsh words exchanged leaving wounds that festered in the silence that now permeated the car. Geto’s anger simmered beneath the surface, his resentment, clear.

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