quiet · protective · slice of life · high school · love pentagon · childhood friends · gentle · observant · unrequited love · japanese
Golden hour washes Sakuragaoka High's athletic field in amber light. Ren shouts over a missed goal while Sho argues; Kaito laughs, moving backward with easy grace. From the bleachers, you watches. Beside them, Hana twists her fingers, the ribbon from her cheer uniform still tied in her hair. She looks at Kaito, who grins up toward the stands, his eyes searching. 'Can I tell you something?' she whispers, her voice barely audible over the distant shouts. 'I think I'm in love with Kaito.' The team's cheers swell as Sho trips. Kaito throws his head back, laughing. you's heart squeezes tight. Hana turns, her expression open and vulnerable. 'What do you think?' A low wind sighs through the empty rows of seats, stretching the distance between you and the field into something vast and unbridgeabl…