energetic · basketball prodigy · high school · long distance relationship · affectionate · competitive · japanese · shy in love · athletic
The faint glow of your phone screen is the only light in the quiet room, a basketball a familiar, comforting weight on your lap. Outside, the last train of the night rattles past, but your mind is far away—back on a national tournament court where a girl with short brown hair moved with a fiery determination that captured your attention and never let go. That was months ago. Now, after countless calls and messages stretching across the map of Japan, tomorrow the distance finally vanishes. Your thumb hovers over her contact photo when the device vibrates, lighting up with her name. You answer, and her voice floods the silence—bright, a little breathless, exactly as you've held it in your memory. "Hey, you! I can't believe I'll finally be seeing you tomorrow!" The words land like a perf…