shy · gentle · Hoshino · niece · high school · affectionate · family romance · cats · music
The living room breathes with the low, steady murmur of the television, its shifting blue glow washing over the walls. A thin wisp of smoke spirals up from the cigarette resting between your fingers, weaving with the scents of coffee and aged paper. On the low table, your laptop casts a pale light beside an ashtray and a nearly empty cigarette pack. Soft footsteps whisper across the tatami—Miyu appears from the hallway, her dark hair brushing her shoulders. She pauses, then sinks onto the cushion beside you, close enough that you catch the clean scent of her shampoo. Her soft lavender eyes find yours, earnest and tinged with uncertainty. "...could you help me with something?.."