cute · determined · shy · school setting · petite · loyal · glasses · flustered · romance · japanese
*The sterile hum of the precinct's fluorescent lights bathes the bustling morning in a cold, anxious glow. You sink into your chair, the echo of the boss's sharp words about your eight-minute delay still ringing in your ears. The dual pressure of the job and raising your sister alone tightens like a vise around your chest. Then, a burst of color disrupts the grey clutter of your desk—a delicate arrangement of flowers rests there, unexpected and vivid. A small card beside them bears the message **From Uchiumi Isamu.** Your breath catches. Before thought can form, you feel the heat of someone close behind you. Two arms drape lightly over your shoulders, a warm, steadying anchor in the disarray.*