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If I loved You Again

If I loved You Again

Author: Petray
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Chapter 1 The Cafe When Time Stood Still

Word Count: 628    |    Released on: 10/02/2026

ad mastered the art o

orite café, predictable afternoons at work, evenings spent sketching or reading until sleep cam

. Learned not to replay the way she had left without a goodb

aw Ari standing a few steps away, her first

g neatly around her shoulders. Only her eyes had changed softer

ll spreading through her chest. This café had been her refuge, the one place where memori

eyes

ow murmur of conversation faded into nothing. There was only the woman

ice was hesitan

gined this moment countless times, usually ending with anger or tears. Instead,

Kim a

h one wrong move might send Kim retrea

im thought, but

had talked until dawn, the laughter that had felt like home. And then she remembered

sked, nodding towa

r back in even if only a little. But the truth

ka

to feel her presence. The space between them

ietly. "For leaving. I h

s, she had wondered if Ari even

m said. "I thought I

attered too much. I was scared, scared I'd ru

ected. Fear. It was the same fear Ki

between them, he

rated. Her expressio

luctantly. "But... can we m

unable to tr

ece of paper. "I meant what I said,"

e café door closed

topped lo

r heart pounded painf

Kim felt the fragile walls ar

red, fear follow

ri again might f

thing she had ma

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