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He never thought someone would care enough to wait.

Not after everything.

But Yuri is different.

She doesn’t push him, doesn’t demand answers he’s not ready to give.

But her presence, her quiet patience,
it’s starting to chip away at the walls he’s built.

"I’m sorry," he says one night,
the words spilling out before he can stop them.

She looks up at him, surprised.
"For what?"

"For keeping you in the dark. I just... I don’t know how to talk about it."

His voice trembles, but there’s something freeing in finally saying it aloud.

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