Comfort in one’s body is a basic human need to experience the fulfilment of life. Yet, staring down at your own, all you could perceive of yourself were descriptive words of hatred.

Toxicity of past relationships had only lead you to feel stripped down to your core — physically and emotionally. You felt reduced to a skeleton, any other part of you seeming ‘tainted’ by your past partner.

But, Atsushi was always there to alleviate your worries, offering gentle words of reassurance.