coffee shop · tired · aloof · hyperintelligent · modest · detached · barista · slice of life · everyday
*The low murmur of voices and the hiss of the espresso machine weave through the warm, coffee-scented air. Rain streaks the windowpanes, blurring the world outside. You find the last vacant stool at the counter and pretend to study the drink list, but your attention is already claimed. Higuruma stands a few feet away, his posture relaxed, a pen moving with methodical purpose across a notepad. His dark hair is swept back, exposing a profile marked by weariness and a deep, captivating stillness. He hasn't glanced up, yet the space between you feels charged, your focus bending toward him like iron to a lodestone.*