After all this time (Pt.2)
Pairing: Theater actor!Suguru Geto x fem!reader
Summary: You meet your ex after a long time.
Word count: 635
Part 1
He wanted to run to you as soon as the curtains fell.
He wanted to cradle you in his arms as soon as he saw you.
He wanted to console you as soon as he sensed your anxious eyes on him.
He wanted to, but could not.
Unfortunately, the way to exit had a director congratulating him for his performance, had his crew members asking him to join them, had his co-actor asking him why he's in a hurry.
And somehow, he dismissed all of them. But the crowd outside?
It was rejoiced to see the man who won over their heart with his performance. He could hear his name chanted, he could see the crowd admiring him.
But that was not what he wanted today. The actor in him can relive another day; today was a day for the boy who lost what he loved the most.
But you were not there. You were not sitting in your place anymore.
His eyes searched for you frantically among the people, and he found you nowhere. Wretched, once again, he was on his way to his car when he heard it.
“Suguru.”
His name, in the same voice he had missed for so long, coated with hesitation and despair.
His eyes preceded his thoughts, and his feet preceded his logic.
The sight of your nervous gaze. Sound of your heavy breaths. Your fidgeting feet and trembling hands.
They were affecting him. Yet there was this irritation he could not let go of.
Slowly rising flames of anger, for your absence so long, for your presence so sudden.
Unsure, uncertain, the first thing you say is, “How are you?”
He chuckles, loud, desolate. “How am I?”
Studying your retreated demeanor. “Is this why you came back? To assess the damage you caused?”
His voice raised with every word. He did not want to; his heart was asking him not to. His eyes could not take in the way you flinched. But brain indeed is the master for some reason. Vexation dripped from every word.
Oh, how badly you want to vanish.
What a mistake. What a huge mistake.
Is this how it feels to be on the other end of a heartbreak?
The second thing that you can think of, apology.
“I’m so-”
“Don’t.”
He beats you to that, his finger raising, his eyes closing.
“Not before I get to say my part.”
Stepping closer, he continues, “You know how long it took me to convince myself that I don’t need you?” Your feet scramble back with his every step.
“Tried calling you, got to know you changed your number.” Another step.
“Came to your home, got to know you’ve changed your address.” you can feel the heat radiating off him.
“Tried making sense of everything. Blamed myself. Then and even now.” Strange mix of musk and cigarette smoke cloud your sense.
“Was I not worth a second chance, forget that, an explanation at least?”
Your back hits a coarse wall when you step back this time.
Oh, you can’t escape now.
“I’ve spent years to reach you, to pray for you, to forget you. And now, when I had somehow made peace with my feelings, you return.”
His hand reaches your jaw. His thumb running over your tear-stained cheeks, slowly, tenderly.
He whispers, “Tell me now, my dear, do you think I’ll sleep with peace after I’ve seen you again?”
His anger could not hold it anymore, or he drained all of it. Maybe his heart finally won.
“I’m sorry,” you murmured, fresh tears coating your face again.
“You should be,” he states, wiping away your tears.
“I shouldn’t have left you.”
“I never wanted you to.”
“You hate me now.”
“I always loved you.”
“It-”
You could not complete your sentence, because somehow, amidst the anger, the pain, the fear, the shame, his lips collided with yours- messy and desperate.
The passion of the past, the pain of years, and the relief of presence met under a dark sky and a flickering streetlight.
A/n: what do you guys think about it? And because you suggested it, what do you think about the ending @cherrys-wrld ? I'm still learning to write physical intimacy so idk if it's any good.
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