"Before I Let You In"
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Last published Tue, Jun 10, 2025
He wasn't charming in the way Kaito had been. He didn't try too hard. He didn't reach for her hand, or ask her what hurt. He just showed up. In the little things. In quiet conversations, in remembering how she took her coffee, in not asking her to be anything but present.
Rina felt herself shift, barely. A flicker of warmth beneath the walls she had sworn to keep up.
But walls don't crumble in a day. Not after everything.
Each time Toma looked at her, it was like he was waiting-for her to trust, to speak, to believe that not everyone wanted something from her. She didn't know what to do with that kind of patience. It terrified her more than any lie ever had.
Was he real? Or just another storm with soft eyes?
Rina stood at the edge of something she couldn't name. A choice.
She could fall, again. She could walk away. Or she could hide her heart so deeply that even she couldn't find it.
The only thing she knew for sure?
This time, if she gave her heart, it would be on her terms.
And if it broke again... she'd break with her eyes open.
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