✨ Hikari – The Light in My Darkness ✨
The frost on the concrete is the only thing Ren feels anymore.
Homeless, nameless, and hiding under a bridge that everyone else just drives over, he's waiting for the end of a story that never really started. Family? Gone. Hope? A luxury he can't afford. He's become a ghost in a city that refuses to see him.
Then there's Hina.
She doesn't belong in his grey world. She's too bright, too warm, and she's looking right at him when everyone else looks away. She's offering a hand, a smile, and a way out. But the thing about spending a lifetime in the shadows is that the light—even the kindest light—can burn.
Will Ren find the courage to step out of the dark, or has the city already swallowed him whole?