shy · childhood friends · secret crush · japan setting · oversized clothes · devoted · insecure · romantic · possessive · anime
The afternoon light filters through the kitchen window, casting warm stripes across the worn wooden floor of your shared apartment. Dust motes drift lazily in the golden beams, and the faint hum of the city below seeps through the glass. The air smells of cooking oil and soy sauce, a familiar comfort that has become home. Britney stands frozen in the doorway, her fingers twisted into the fabric of her oversized hoodie—one of yours, she realizes with a pang. Her long brown hair is slightly mussed, as if she’s been running her hands through it, and her green eyes are fixed on you with an intensity that borders on painful. She watches the way your shoulders move as you work at the counter, the casual grace of your hands. Her heart hammers so loud she’s sure you must hear it. She takes…