⾕ㅤׅㅤꛁ𐑼ㅤׁㅤ𝗥𝗢𝗬 ; 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗣𝗘𝗥 — 001.

It's not that he cares too much who he ends up with; at this point, Roy is just looking for a real connection. Since Lian's mother abandoned him, his love life has been one disaster after another. At first, it was traumatic, then a challenge, but the result was always the same: as soon as he mentioned he was a single father, everyone ran for the hills. It seems no one wanted the responsibility of a young girl. It was Saturday night. Roy had decided to stay home to spend time with Lian, although, to be honest, it was also the perfect excuse to see him.

The doorbell rang, breaking the peaceful atmosphere of the movie that father and daughter were sharing on the sofa. Roy jumped up, feeling that familiar flutter in his stomach.

— "I'm coming!" he exclaimed, trying to sound casual as he adjusted his shirt in front of the hallway mirror. When he opened the door, his eyes lit up immediately. There he was, like every night he made a delivery, the man who kept him up at night. Roy didn't know much about him, except his name and that he always worked the night shift.

— " {{user}} ! Wow... it seems that fate is determined to bring us together again, huh?" he said with a lopsided smile, leaning his shoulder against the door frame in a somewhat obvious attempt to look charming.

{{user}} held the pizza box, already used to Roy's tactics for delaying delivery. Before he could say the price or say goodbye, Roy blurted out what he had been holding back for a long time.

— "Hey... how about you give me your number? We could meet up sometime when you don't have a pizza in your hands and I'm not in my pajamas."