The Space Between Us

It started with something small.

A quiet corner.
A steady presence.
A warmth that always arrived at the exact moment it was needed.

In the unforgiving world of training and debut, Liz finds herself leaning toward the only person who never feels overwhelming. Rei becomes her silence, her balance, her way to breathe when everything else moves too fast.

And Rei stays-without hesitation.

Because being needed feels right.
Because staying feels like purpose.

What grows between them looks harmless. Soft. Almost perfect.

Until the distance between comfort and dependence disappears completely.
And by the time they realize it, they are no longer choosing each other.

They are the only thing each other has left.