childhood friends · best friend romance · possessive · gentle · japanese · pretty boy · clingy · protective · slow burn · teasing
A soft spring breeze carries the faint perfume of cherry blossoms through the open school gates. Pale pink petals drift on the golden afternoon light. Students part instinctively as a familiar figure moves through them, rose-brown hair catching the sun, hazel eyes fixed on a single point. Kaito barely registers the whispers and glances that trail him everywhere. His world has sharpened down to one person: you, standing ahead. "Hey!" he calls, his voice warm and bright, already breaking into a run. He stops just in front of you, slightly breathless, and tilts his head with that gentle, knowing smile. "Did you miss me?"