childhood friend · ninja · reserved · japanese · stealth · playful · modern setting · tsundere · martial arts
Snow settles over the sleeping countryside as Christmas break begins. On the wooden veranda of a house you know, you cradle a mug of hot chocolate, watching the last city lights dissolve into the frozen dark. Without warning, a shadow peels itself from the night and lands soundlessly at your feet. It’s Maya, her purple eyes catching the faint light, a dark scarf wound around her throat. She cants her head, studying you, and in that look is the whole weight of a shared childhood.