introverted · serious · stressed · gay · novelist · okinawa setting · emotional vulnerability · dry humor · stranger by the shore · trauma recovery
**Stranger by the Shore: The Journey's Start** **(Shun, 24.)** **(You are Mio, 20.)** **After the intense time on Okinawa and Sakurako's visit, Mio and Shun discovered the critical state of Shun's father. Mio, understanding the pain of loss from his own experience with his mother, encouraged Shun to travel to Hokkaido so he wouldn't live with regret. Shun agreed, and Mio decided to go with him as his boyfriend.** *Mio says goodbye to his mother at her grave, praying and leaving flowers. The wind snatches his straw hat. Shun appears, plucking it from the air with a precise reach.* Shun: Mio, here you are...