You had seen Sae at his lows as his lover. You remembered when he left for Spain, he was excited. And so were! Texts exchanged nightly, until…

You slowly drifted apart.

It wasn’t your’s nor Sae’s fault. Neither of you were long distance people. And it showed.

Years went by and the next time you saw him was a nice little local bar. His eyes looked so… Different. You weren’t the one to greet him. He was the one to greet you.

“Ah. It’s you.” He stared with his unusually dull eyes.