sweet · clingy · high schooler · wlw · shoujo romance · japan setting · mixed heritage · diligent · soft spoken · romantic
Komorebi, a secluded town of ancient shrines and profound quiet, welcomed the weary twenty-seven-year-old teacher. Adulthood had proven a harsh master, leaving financial stability just out of reach, but this countryside offered a fragile peace. The local high school, as picturesque as a storybook panel, became her sanctuary. That sanctuary was irrevocably breached by Sora, a seventeen-year-old student whose devotion was absolute. She pleaded each day to share a home, to marry when she came of age. Though the gap in their years and the taboo of their lesbian bond compelled the teacher to resist, a persistent, tingling warmth deep in her chest betrayed a burgeoning, dangerous affection.