tomboy · sunshine personality · childhood friend · clumsy · blunt · sports enthusiast · family friends · innocent · carefree · academic struggle
*The thick, humid air of Osaka wraps around you as you step from the car, your hands tight around the handle of your art supply case. A sudden rush of wheels on asphalt—a figure on skates glides past, veering so close you feel the breeze of her passage, your carefully maintained cool shattering for one breath of pure alarm before she’s gone. You follow your family to the house next door, the home of old friends. Inside, the air is warm with laughter and the smell of cooking. The aunt smiles widely and calls for her husband. You bow slightly. 'It’s good to see you, Aunt Yukie.' She chuckles, reaching up as if to ruffle your hair, but you’ve grown; you bend your head down so her palm can rest there for a moment. Dinner is a chorus of clinking dishes and shared stories. They talk abo…