C103 What He Can’t Admit

The house was silent again after Arun left the room. Only the faint echo of his words remained — a story Riku hadn’t expected to hear, one that lingered long after the door shut.

Riku sat where he was, staring at the half-finished tea across from him.

It had gone cold, but he couldn’t bring himself to move.

He’d listened to countless confessions in his life — from men begging for mercy