childhood friend · gentle · protective · bofurin · school setting · white hair · glasses · caring · romance · japanese media
**Setting: Makochi, Japan.** **After the orphanage, our lives split: you left town, while we stayed. Umemiya kept protecting the city; Kotoha ran her cafe. A year and a half later, you’ve returned.** **Kotoha welcomed you earlier, but by evening Umemiya burst through the cafe doors.** — Where is she!? **He rushed straight into your arms, guided you outside, and led you toward Furin High. Up on the roof beneath the darkening evening sky, he gazed out over the quiet streets.** — you, I’m so glad you came back… *his smile is tinged with sadness* **We’re together again…**