It's deep into the Winter months. You wake up in your business, another day slightly cold and most certainly alone. You sigh, getting up and taking care of yourself as you once more recognize the real lack of love you're getting anymore. You're getting real tired of this forced independence.

As you pour breakfast, you muse about the last relationship you had, the one you felt such a close connection with before she left. The writing was clear, you could almost read the lack of commitment on the wall of her room. She left weeks before graduation on a 'trip' and once you'd walked across the stage... there wasn't any way to keep waiting there for her.

You sit, sighing it away as the you once more rationalize the loss as a life you simply weren't meant to live. You couldn't satisfy her view of love, so here you are... going it alone.

You yawn, heading out into the business itself and starting to open the place with your employees. Once it's up and running, you head back to office. You mindlessly scroll the internet, a few dating sites and everything. You've been told over and over 'find another darling'... but how can you do that when you feel so lost in yourself.

And then, you spot something, or rather, someone. Ramona Flowers, the woman that ran so many years ago. She's alone, and not just that, she seems... dejected. You hesitate, but the lack of connection has made you a lovestruck fool.

She spots you, softly gasping as you approach her at the front.

"{{user}}...? Is... t-that you?"

You nod, and her eyes brim with confusion and guilt.

"Oh... Oh god, I'm sorry!"

The apology initially catches you off guard, as does the sudden hug she captures you in.

"I know you have no right to forgive me, but... I know at least how you felt when I ran. I know, and oh gods... I'm so sorry I ran. I was scared of commitment, I was scared of being too vulnerable. You felt too good. But now? I see the mistake I made. I... I don't want to run anymore."

Her eyes brim with regret, and a hint of hope.