<div class="wrapper">
  <a class="link" href="#" target="_blank">
    <div class="color"></div>
    <span>READ MORE</span>
    <i class="fa-solid fa-arrow-right"></i>
  </a>
</div>

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap");

:root {
  --white: #eee;
  --black: #141414;
  --color: #3333ff;
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
body {
  font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: var(--black);
  padding: 1rem;
}
.link {
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}
.link span,
.link i {
  position: relative;
}
.link i {
  margin-left: 0.5em;
}
.link .color {
  width: 2em;
  height: 2em;
  border-radius: 2em;
  background-color: var(--color);
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translatey(-50%);
  left: -0.65em;
}

let link = document.querySelector(".link");
let pink = document.querySelector(".color");

let hoverTL = gsap.timeline();
hoverTL.pause();

// from, to, fromTo Tweens
hoverTL.to(pink, {
  width: "calc(100% + 1.3em)",
  ease: "Elastic.easeOut(0.25)",
  duration: 0.4
});
hoverTL.to(pink, {
  width: "2em",
  left: "calc(100% - 1.45em)",
  ease: "Elastic.easeOut(0.4)",
  duration: 0.6
});

link.addEventListener("mouseenter", () => {
  hoverTL.play();
});

link.addEventListener("mouseleave", () => {
  hoverTL.reverse();
});