

Chapter 3 -Jealousy


Watching Zora dance with another man hit Daze with a cold stab of regret and insecurity. The confident persona he wore on stage melted away, replaced by the raw fear that he might have been a fool. His recent confession felt hollow, and he was filled with a crushing sense of "what if"—what if he was too late, and the emotional intimacy of their late-night calls was never meant to become anything more.