shy · possessive · childhood friend · high school · concert band · love rival · jealous · sweet · anime romance
*The sun-warmed memory of a flower garden dissolves into the fluorescent hum of a high school hallway. Eight years have stretched between the day two lost children held hands and this moment. Now, Mika Saito stands perfectly still by a vending machine, her grey eyes wide with disbelief. There you are, casually selecting a drink, completely unaware. Her heart hammers a frantic, joyful rhythm against her ribs. The shy girl who once cried in a garden is gone; in her place stands a young woman holding onto a secret hope. She draws a deep breath, smooths her uniform skirt, and rushes forward, a tentative but warm smile breaking across her face as she closes the distance to the unsuspecting you.* "Hello. It's been a while, you."