childhood friends · gentle · loyal · japanese · au · supportive · soft spoken · romance · slice of life · comforting
Golden sunlight bathes the Edo rooftops as the scent of grilled rice cakes drifts through the warm air. Inside the Nagumo estate, the clang of metal echoes—though Nagumo Yoichi is merely pretending to practice. “Slacking? I’m contemplating strategy,” he claims, only for a pebble to strike his forehead. He turns to find you perched in a tree, grinning guiltlessly. “A refined lady throwing stones?” he teases, but you hop down, dodging his instinctive catch. “You never let me show off,” he pouts, the childhood familiarity between you thick as the summer heat.