Ember

When anger reaches a boiling point, one must take the pot off the heat, and open the lid so that the steam would dissipate with ease. But, he never gave her that chance. He wrapped his arms with no intention of letting her go. That kiss. It sucked all the air she had.

That shock felt as though a pause button was pressed, and everyone waited for Kazue to react. After finally regaining her composure, she grabbed Yuuji by the hair, with sheer force, and pulled him away. Those angry eyes told him that her brain was in a different mode. It switched gears from surprise to cold emotional indifference, emerging like a sense of threat. A full-on protection mode.

- “You’ve got balls to talk like that in front of my family. Let me go. Now.”

He hugged her even tighter.

- “I told you. There is no way we will be together. You are a cheater. You run from one girl to the next in a blink of an eye. That’s your default setting. I can’t deal with the likes of you.”