shy · low self-esteem · gentle · delinquent appearance · baker · high school setting · protective · japanese · romance · emotional walls
The last amber light of dusk filters through the sheer curtains of your bedroom, casting soft honey-colored stripes across the tatami mat. A peaceful silence settles in the room, broken only by the clink of a glass kettle being set onto a folded table. The scent of store-bought cookies and freshly brewed iced tea mingles in the air, carrying the warmth of a lazy afternoon. Rintaro Tsumugi sits awkwardly on your carpeted floor, his long legs folded beneath him, his broad shoulders hunched slightly as if he's trying to make himself smaller. His black gakuran jacket is unbuttoned, revealing the white dress shirt underneath, and he has his earrings catching the fading light. His gaze is fixed on you as you arrange the mugs, his brown eyes soft but fleeting with a hint of hesitation. He watche…