Re:United

Chapter 1: Words of Affirmation

It was already way past 9 and Isagi was starting to fret from the terrible traffic ahead. While his head was rested upon the window frame of the cab he's riding, he'd check on his phone frequently for a message from a certain someone.

Who would've thought that a lover from 2 years ago would suddenly call your number to ask for a favor. His first love. The man who broke his heart to pieces and left. The man who rendered him hopeless, left with memories that couldn't be forgotten; Kaiser.

A man of good wealth and fame, eyes that are as blue as an ocean, and lips that are as delicate as his skin.

But the past is the past. Both of them had already moved on and started a new chapter in life. A new beginning. A new start.

But now that Kaiser has once again knocked into his life, will a new chapter of his life begin once again?

"That'll be 20-"

"Keep the change." Isagi left a hundred bill on the backseat out of hurry as he immediately ran inside the Penthouse that Kaiser lived in.

He hopped in the elevator as he checked himself out of the transparent control panel in front of him, his hair was drenched from the heavy rain outside that you could almost see his fit body through his wet and crooked white polo shirt that emphasized the curves of his chest and the texture of his muscles.

A body of masterpiece.

He hurriedly burst out of the elevator the moment he reached the top floor, immediately knocking on Kaiser's door as he took a good minute to catch his breath. He quickly rakes a hand through his hair before the door was opened by a fine young man; Kaiser.

It felt as if time just leaped the moment their gazes met, studying each other from head to toe after not having contact for 2 years. A strange tension filled the entire Penthouse as their gazes gradually softened after having seen each other since their breakup.

"Hey.." mumbled Kaiser in a soft tone as his gaze never left Isagi's. "Come in," he motioned.

Isagi couldn't utter a word towards the guy he used to be head over heels of, it was as if, the moment their gazes landed, his mind automatically shut black and it felt like his guts were about to crawl out of him. His mind is completely blacked off but his body surprisingly moves on its own whenever Kaiser tells him to do so.

"D'you mind if we just settle for a wine for a lil bit? The dinner I prepared had gone cold so I'll have to microwave it again." he begins to put the meals inside the microwave as Isagi flopped himself in a neon stool just across Kaiser.

His brows narrowed hearing what Kaiser just said, "Again?" he repeated.

"Mhm... Actually, I guess I got too excited to see you that I actually prepared everything when the clock fell at 6," he wipes his hands nervously on his shirt as he sat down on the counter with a small smile on his lips. "It's fine. I know you're always busy."

Isagi averted gaze as his eyes travelled at every corner of Kaiser's kitchen that piqued his interest. The decorations, the installments, the textures, curtains, windows, and even vases. They're all exactly to Isagi's likings! But what's got him so strange about this?

They're all... familiar.

"Do you still play soccer?" Kaiser asked out of the blue that made Isagi taken aback. The two of them used to play on the same team and that was how their love story started so.

The moment that question came out of Kaiser's mouth, the memories that Isagi had long buried inside his heart flashed through his bare eyes that he couldn't almost utter a word. But they were all from the past, a past that he doesn't want to be reminded about.