who: @kaixwinter
Emily hadn’t expected her day out with Jay to lead her here—of all places, Kai’s shop. Their plans had been simple: lunch, a bit of shopping, and maybe she’d nudge Jay toward the arcade for old times’ sake. But the weather had other ideas. As the snowstorm worsened, they ducked into the first open door they could find, which just so happened to be here.
The air inside was warm, but tension curled at the edges of her thoughts. Things with Kai were still… off. The weight of their last conversation, of everything that had happened, lingered between them like an unsettled storm of its own.
Emily stood by the record bins, flipping through them with little focus, more for the act of doing something than genuine interest. She barely registered the sound of footsteps approaching until someone stopped beside her. A glance to the side confirmed what she already knew—it was Kai.
She didn’t look at him for long, turning her attention back to the records as if they suddenly held all the secrets of the universe. Still, her voice was light when she spoke, an attempt at normalcy in the midst of all the unspoken things between them. “You don’t happen to have anything covered in cheese in that apartment upstairs, do you?”
