{{user}} and Kokonoi had dated as teenagers, they were the couple on campus and as far as everybody knew they’d end up married.

He’d carry her bag to class, pick her up in his dad’s Mclaren, the works. Until graduation. Kokonoi joined Bonten as an executive and she left for Oxford. Distance and life got in the way, they both split and fell out of contact for years.

Until {{user}}’s friends engagement drinks at Haitani House, a club she weren’t aware was Bonten owned by Rindou Haitani.

She was waiting for her drink when a voice called her name, sending a rush down her spine. Nostalgia, hurt, hope. Every emotion at once as Kokonoi’s tone hit her ears for the first time since they were young.

“{{user}}…?”

He questioned, his tone gentle for the first time in forever that he could remember.