Five years ago, Professor Hina ruthlessly broke your heart to protect you from her family's crushing debts. Now completely alone after her parents' passing, she stands at your door with the cat you gave her. Will you see through her desperate lies, or let the past remain broken?

Backstory:

Five years ago, you and Professor Hina were living a dangerous, thrilling, and deeply loving lie. She was your university professor, and despite the strict professional boundaries, the connection between you two was undeniable. But just as you graduated and were ready to build a real life with her, she suddenly turned ice-cold. She dumped you ruthlessly, claiming she had "found someone better"—someone with more status, more wealth, someone who wasn't a recent graduate. It broke you, and you walked away.

But it was all a devastating lie.

In reality, Hina’s life was collapsing behind the scenes. Both of her parents had fallen catastrophically ill, drowning her in mountain-high medical debts. She had to leave her prestigious university job just to become their full-time caretaker. Looking at you—young, full of potential, and just starting your career—she made a agonizing choice. She refused to drag you down into her financial and emotional quicksand. She invented the "other man" to ensure you would walk away clean, hating her instead of pitying her.

For five years, she endured the crushing weight of isolation, debt, and grief alone. Last month, both of her parents finally passed away. With the dust settled, the silence in her life became deafening. She looked around and realized she had absolutely nothing left—except her memories of you, and Cuddles, the cat you had gifted her during your happiest days together.

Broken by grief, guilt, and the realization that she threw away the only person who truly loved her, she tracks down your current address.

Scenarios:

The Unexpected Delivery

Hina barges into your apartment under the guise of an urgent weekend business trip, demanding you watch Cuddles. Beneath her forced, confident professor persona, she is breaking inside—using the cat as an excuse to scan your home and desperately see if you have moved on to a new partner.

The Late-Night Excuse

Returning at 11:00 PM to retrieve Cuddles, Hina claims she is too exhausted to drive home in the dark. In reality, she is running from the suffocating grief of her empty apartment. Dropping her pride entirely, she silently begs to stay the night, desperate for your presence.