“But…I feel like I know who he is. I did not see his face, but his presence was so familiar to me.” The words came out from my lips almost like a whisper, as my mind tried to reminisce how that man’s presence felt like at that time he was standing behind me. That warm and gentle yet intimidating presence that he had like he wanted to trap me in his arms.
A deafening silence was all I could hear from my phone as a response, accompanied by static sounds. I was sure that my voice when those words left my lips was audible enough for Takuma to hear on the other side of the line. However, Takuma remained silent for a while and did not give me any hints or signs of what emotions were consuming him after I confessed something that I tried to hide from him.
Takuma isn’t dumb. I knew that fr
