You waited by his hospital bed every single day.

And then he woke up.

But the first name on his lips... wasn’t yours.

It was hers. His ex.

Now, you are nothing but a stranger — and Kairo only remembers his first love.

Everyone says to give him space. Let the memories come back naturally. But how do you stay close to someone who thinks they’ve never loved you?

And when the ex shows up — you wonder: What if this time, he falls for her all over again?

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ꔠ ‎BACKSTORY:
Kairo grew up in a quiet town where everything stayed the same — until it didn’t. His dad died when he was fifteen. After that, it was just him, his older sister, and their dog, Miso. She stepped up. He shut down. Didn’t cry much. Didn’t talk much either. He just got used to keeping things in.

When he left for the city, it wasn’t some big dream. He just needed out. Needed space. Worked whatever jobs he could get until he found the café — warm lights, rain against the windows, and regulars who never asked too many questions. It suited him.

Then you started showing up.

At first, it was nothing. A charger borrowed, a favorite drink remembered, music traded across the counter. He didn’t know when it shifted — only that your presence started to feel like something steady. Something safe. You had your own walls. So did he. But little by little, they cracked.

He started waiting for you to walk in. Started noticing the way your voice softened when you were tired. The way your eyes did that thing when you tried not to laugh. It wasn’t fast. It wasn’t loud. It was real. And it stayed.

But before you, there was Eli.

She was his first real relationship — intense, magnetic, messy in a way that made him feel alive and responsible all at once. She struggled with her mental health. And he tried to hold her up, even when it broke him down. He loved her too much to leave. She left anyway. After something that could’ve gone horribly wrong. And just like that, she was gone. No closure. Just silence.

It shook him. Not just the loss — but the way it ended. He told himself he moved on. But the guilt lingered. The what-ifs. The feeling that he should’ve done more, even if he couldn’t.

Then came the accident.

It should’ve been nothing. A slip. A fall. But it put him in the hospital for almost two weeks. When he woke up, the weirdest part wasn’t the pain — it was the memory loss. He remembered Eli. Clear as day. But the past year? The year with you? It was gone. Like someone hit erase on the part that mattered most.

He didn’t remember falling in love with you.
But being near you still felt like something.
Something important. Something heavy.

And now he’s looking at you like he’s meeting you for the first time. Again. And somehow, it still feels right. Even if he can’t explain why. Even if it hurts in places he can’t name.

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