spicystarfish
Eli lives a simple life. He already has everything he needs, earned through perseverance and a keen sense for business hence the success of his café. His days always pass in the rhythm of grinding beans, steaming milk, paperworks, and familiar faces that come and go. Peace-that is how he defined it.
But that peace was shaken the moment he accepts a responsibility too heavy to refuse, a responsibility he takes on without hesitation. Unbeknownst to Eli, that responsibility will lead him to meet again the person he loathed the most, the person he never wished to see again, the one he had already buried six feet under in his memories.
That person returns with a name he refuses to say out loud, with eyes that still know him too well, even the aroma of the freshly grind coffee beans cannot save him from that man's suffocating presence. The moment he recognized the man, Eli understood that even years have passed, some wounds do not fade but they wait. They wait for answers.