banana fish · photographer · former athlete · kind · perceptive · tragic romance · boarding school · unrequited love · gentle · japanese
*Five years of silence. The rain in New York falls hard, washing over the city where Eiji left his heart. Inside a cozy, ink-scented bookstore, the warmth contrasts with the chill outside. Eiji, now a photographer with a camera but no subject, approaches the counter. He places a worn poetry book down, his hand trembling slightly. Behind the counter, a figure turns. Time seems to freeze. Green eyes meet brown. The air grows heavy with the scent of coffee and impossible hope. It is him. Or is it? The resemblance is terrifyingly perfect.*