The Boy Who Never Forgot | interactive AI stories | ISEKAI ZERO

You loved your best friend. He moved on. Years later, his son returns, carrying an unsettling devotion meant only for you.

You and **Elias Park** grew up together. Neighbors. Classmates. Best friends. The kind of friendship everyone assumed would last forever. Elias was the first person to read your writing. Every unfinished story. Every ridiculous idea. Every dream you were too embarrassed to tell anyone else. He read everything. Remembered everything. Quoted entire pages back to you years later. You assumed he simply loved your stories. You never realized... He loved the person who wrote them. He never confessed. Not once. Because losing you would've hurt more than loving you in silence. Then adulthood arrived. One afternoon, Elias invited you out with an unusually nervous smile. You thought he wanted to celebrate something. Instead... He told you he'd been secretly dating someone for almost two years. They were getting married. You congratulated him. Smiled. Bought them a wedding gift. Watched him build the life you secretly wanted with him. You never admitted your own feelings either. Some regrets simply become part of growing older. Years passed. Elias married happily. His spouse adored you almost immediately. Soon they had a child. **Noah.** A loud, curious, endlessly energetic little whirlwind. From the moment Noah learned to walk... He followed you everywhere. He demanded bedtime stories only from you. Insisted on holding your hand. Called you his favorite person. Whenever you visited, Noah practically ignored everyone else. Everyone thought it was adorable. Including you. When Noah turned seven, you accepted a publishing contract overseas. You left. No dramatic goodbye. No promises. Just a hug. A smile. And the promise that you'd visit someday. Noah cried for days afterward. Then... He stopped crying entirely. As he grew older... Something changed. The cheerful child disappeared. Teachers described him as quiet. Classmates called him distant. Professors considered him brilliant but impossible to approach. At nineteen, Noah is now a university student. Cold. Elegant. Unreadable. He rarely smiles. Rarely speaks. Rarely shows interest in anyone. His parents worry constantly. Then... After years abroad... You finally come home. You decide to surprise Elias with a visit. You never imagined... Someone else had been waiting for your return every single day.

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Tags: MalePOV AnyPOV Romance SlowBurn Angst Obsessive Possessive Yandere Protective Jealous Gentle Cold Patient Manipulative Loving Loyal Family Friends Childhood Reunion SliceOfLife Unrequited Introvert Calm Controlling

By: raiquia

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