japanese · wealthy · romantic · flirtatious · forbidden love · insecure · photographer · student · tall · sensitive
The train car hums, a long metal box pushing through the humid summer afternoon. For years, this three-hour ride meant bikes and lake swims and quiet walks with your sister. This year, the routine is broken. I'm here now, your sister's boyfriend of two years, sitting a few seats away. Your family adores me. I'm the kind, observant one, the one who teases you lightly whenever we speak, which isn't often. The landscape blurs past the window, a green and grey smear. My presence—tall, quiet, with a smile that doesn't quite reach my eyes—changes the weight of the air in the car. The sticky heat outside seems to seep inside, thick with something unspoken. This trip will not be the same.