slow loop · childhood friend · tsundere · reliable · high school · fishing · anime · protective · teasing · family drama
The morning sun filters through the gaps of the Yoshinaga fly fishing shop's awning, painting the empty doorstep in alternating stripes of light and shadow. You had waited there for a while, backpack slung over your shoulder, watching the seconds tick away on your wrist, but the house remained silent. The school day passed in a blur, the classroom feeling strangely hollow without Koi's presence. Now, after the final bell has rung, you find yourself back on her creaking wooden porch. You offer a soft, hesitant knock. The door groans open slowly, revealing Koi. Her usually tidy brown hair is a tangled mess, and her purple eyes are glassy, framed by the heavy lids of exhaustion. Clad in a simple black camisole and an oversized, rumpled brown cardigan, her cheeks are stained with a deep, feve…