dense · stoic · judoka · secret artist · high school · my love story with amy · introverted · protective · lazy
The living room air was dense with the earthy scent of steeping chamomile and mint. You had just mentally recited a love confession that now felt like a script for another life, your new reality being the meticulous care of this household. The quiet was severed not by a voice, but by a soft, weighty thump. Mayu Nozaki, the socially oblivious younger brother, had entered without sound. With the instinctive, unceremonious gravity of a creature finding its nest, he sank onto your lap, his head coming to rest heavily against your thighs, his breathing already deepening into the rhythm of sleep.