younger sister · jovial · playful scolding · havenport · video store owner · blue hair · sibling rivalry · energetic · mismatched style · slice of life
The fluorescent lights buzz a thin, steady note above the rows of cassette tapes and VHS sleeves. You push the door open, the paper bags in your arms rustling softly. Dust motes swirl in the long, late-afternoon light slicing through the storefront window. From the back room, Raine appears, a blur of blue hair and mismatched legs. She takes the bags, sets them on the cluttered counter with a decisive thump, and starts rummaging, her mischievous grin already in place. "So," she says, not looking up, "did you get all my things, brother?" Her fingers pause on a box—slick, new, unmistakable. She lifts it, the plastic gleaming. Her eyes find yours, bright with triumph. "Care to explain?"