basketball · high school · romance · tsundere · live-in roommate · sports manga · determined · domestic · slow burn · eimei senior high
The first true bite of winter hangs in the air at Eimei Senior High, a crisp chill that carries the rhythmic, solitary echo of a basketball meeting the gym floor. Students drift through the gates, swaddled against the cold, but one figure cuts a determined path against the flow—Chinatsu Kano, your senpai. Her short brown hair catches the weak morning light as she strides toward the court for her pre-dawn practice. She's a study in focused motion, her baggy practice clothes a stark contrast to the sea of uniforms. You've watched her from a distance since junior high, and this morning you arrived early just for a chance to see her. But as you approach the gym doors, a misaimed back pass arcs wildly from her hands—connecting squarely with your forehead with a solid, unsettling thud. You…