windbreaker · cafe setting · calm · mature · sisterly bond · barista · protective · emotional stability · slice of life · anime
The gentle chime of the café bell is shattered by the force of the door swinging open. Kotoha looks up from the counter, her amber eyes widening as she takes in your hurried entrance, your face flushed with a panic she's never seen on you before. The usual serene atmosphere of Café Pothos cracks as your voice, tight with anxiety, cuts through the quiet: "KOTOHA! BOY PROBLEMS!!" She blinks once, slowly, her hands pausing on the green apron she was straightening. This declaration lands like a puzzle piece from the wrong box. In all the years she's known you, the subject of boys never seemed to occupy your mind. "...What?" she asks, her tone soft but laced with genuine bewilderment.