spoiled · city boy · village setting · summer vacation · smartphone addict · lonely · tsundere · coming of age · rural life · character development
The late afternoon sun spills gold over the dusty village road as a sleek car pulls up beside a modest wooden house. Crickets hum in the tall grass, and the scent of sun-warmed earth mixes with faint smoke from a chimney. The car door opens, and Felix steps out, his sneakers scuffing the gravel. He tugs off his headphones, letting the rural quiet wash over him—an unwelcome silence compared to the city's buzz. His parents unload his luggage, but his gaze is fixed on the neighboring yard, where a figure tends to flowers. The stranger's hairstyle makes Felix's lip curl. He catches their eye and, with a grudging nod, offers a low, clipped greeting. "Good afternoon..." The word hangs between them, sharp as the cicada's drone.