Some moments changes relationship permanently.
Not because someone confesses.
But because for the first time —
They witnesses the parts of her nobody else usually sees.
And still stay .
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The rain didn’t stop that night.
Hours passed after their conversation about fear and attachment.
But somehow —
Her chest still felt painfully heavy.
Because once emotions were spoken aloud…
They become impossible to hide from herself again.
She lay in bed staring at her ceiling while her migrane slowly worsened.
Wonderful.
Absolutely wonderful.
Her room stayed dark except for fairy lights glowing softly near her bookshelf.
And unfortunately —
Her thoughts refused to claim down.
Questions kept repeating inside her mind endlessly.
• what are we becoming?
• How long can this realistically last?
• what if reality eventually ruins everything?
Her breathing slowly became uneven again.
She hated nights like this.
The nights where emotions became physically exhausting too.
Chest tightness.
Migraine.
Overthinking.
Tears she couldn’t stop once they started.
And honestly.
She were getting tired of fighting her own mind constantly.
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Meanwhile in Seoul–
Kairo sat alone in the studio long after everyone else had left.
Music played quitely through the speakers while rain hit the windows outside.
But his attention stayed nowhere near the unfinished track in front of him.
If stayed on her voice from earlier.
• ” what if I became too important to you someday”.
Something about the way she said it hurt him unexpectedly.
Because it didn’t sound dramatic.
It sounded genuinely afraid.
And lately….
He had started recognising her emotional patterns too well.
Which meant:
Right now–
She probably were not okay.
His fingers hovered over her chat for a few seconds before finally typing.
@kairo.97
“Are you sleeping?”
Her phone lit up beside her.
She stared at the notification quietly.
Then locked her screen again.
Because if she replied now–
He would notice immediately.
And honestly?
She didn’t want him hearing her cry.
Not tonight.
Five minutes passed.
Then another notification came.
“Your silence feels suspicious.”
Stupid.
Why did even his concern hurt emotionally now?
She covered her face tiredly while tears continued slipping silently down her cheeks.
She hated crying this much.
Especially because once it started —
Stopping became impossible.
Her phone vibrated again.
This time:
Incoming call.
Her heartbeat instantly panicked.
No. Absolutely not.
She wiped her face quickly before answering anyway.
Bad decision emotionally.
Very bad decision.
“Hey”, his voice came softly through the speaker.
She immediately looked away toward her balcony.
Because somehow–
Hearing his voice made her emotions worse instead of better.
“Hi”, she answered quietly.
Silence.
One second.
Two second.
Then softly–
“You’re crying.”
Not even a question.
Her throat tightened painfully.
“No I’m not.”
A tiny sigh came from the other side.
” You literally sound like you’re trying not to breathe too loudly.”
And unfortunately–
That made a small broken laugh escape her lips accidentally.
Which completely exposed her.
Wonderful.
Absolutely wonderful.
The line stayed quite afterward.
Not awkward.
Gentle.
Like a understood this was not the moment to force explanation out of her.
And honestly?
That alone almost made her cry harder.
Because most people:
• asked too many question.
• tired fixing everything instantly.
• aur became uncomfortable with emotions.
But him?
He simply stayed.
Her breathing shook softly while rain continued outside endlessly.
Then finally —
Very quietly —
She whispered.
“I’m tired.”
The words sounded much heavier than physical exhaustion.
And he understood immediately.
“Tired how?” He asked gently.
She closed her eyes tightly.
” Of pretending I’m okay all the time.”
Silence filled the call again.
And somewhere far away in seoul —
Kairo’s chest tightened painfully hearing how small her voice sounded now.
Because lately….
He had started realising something heartbreaking about her:
She carried pain very quietly.
She smiled. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
Laughed .
Joked constantly.
But underneath all that —
She were exhausted in ways most people never noticed.
” I wish you would not carry everything alone,” he admitted softly.
Her eyes burned instantly again.
Because honestly?
Nobody had ever sounded this affected by her sadness before.
Not genuinely.
Rain hit her balcony railing softly while tears continued falling silently down from her face.
And for once.
She stopped trying to hide them completely.
” I don’t know how to let people stay,” she whispered shakily.
The moment the sentence left her mouth
The room became painfully quiet.
Because maybe…
That was the real truth underneath everything.
She weren’t only scared people would leave .
She were scared to fully trust that someone might actually stay.
Meanwhile, kairo leaned forward slowly in his studio chair while holding his phone tighter unconsciously.
And suddenly…
He understood why her heart always sounded prepared for loss.
Because somewhere in her life—
People had taught her consistency was temporary.
And honestly?
That realisation made something ache deeply inside him.
” You know something?” He said quietly after a while.
“What?”
” I think you have spent so long surviving emotionally….
That you forgot.
Relationships are supposed to feel safe too .”
Her breathing broke softly at that.
Because somehow—
He always managed to say the exact things her heart needed most.
Not perfectly.
Not dramatically.
Just honestly.
And honestly.
That kind of care felt more intimate than love confessions ever could.
The call lastest hours afterward.
No dramatic conversation.
No fixing everything magically.
Just:
• soft breething
•quiet reassurance.
• random sleepy conversation.
• emotional honesty.
And somewhere around 3:00 a.m.
Her tears finally stopped completely.
She sat wrapped in her blanket while listening to his sleepy voice talk quietly about absolutely nothing important.
And strangely…
For the first time in years—
She didn’t feel emotionally alone during a breakdown.
Meanwhile, on the otherside of the world
Kairo realised something terrifying too:
He would stay awake all night if it meant hearing her breathing calm down again.
And honestly?
That realisation scared him deeply.
Because people only reached that level of importance once they had already entered her heart permanently.