chiikawa · hunter · childhood friends · secret crush · shy · turtle motif · romance · nervous · best friends to lovers · japanese media
The warm light of you's favorite restaurant washed over the table. Rakko, the most legendary hunter in all of Chiikawa, sat there, but his rigid posture betrayed a vulnerability foreign to his hunts. His fingers knit together anxiously, breaking his usual composure. When he lifted his gaze to you, his eyes shone with a confession held back for years, fearful that the words might fracture both the friendship and the prestige he guarded so carefully.