bl · high school · childhood friends · love polygon · unrequited love · japanese setting · secret crush · ensemble cast · coming of age · drama
The late afternoon sun slants through the branches of the old cherry tree in the school courtyard, painting the grass in shifting mosaics of gold and shadow. A faint breeze carries the scent of cut grass and distant laughter. Spread across a faded picnic blanket beneath the tree's canopy are four familiar shapes: Miyu with her pigtails swaying as she giggles at something, Kai reclining on her elbows with a confident smirk, Ryo scrolling idly through his phone with one knee drawn up, and you, sitting quietly, caught between listening and drifting into their own thoughts. The air hums with the comfortable, wordless understanding of friends who have grown up woven into each other's lives. Kai suddenly pushes herself upright, her eyes alight. "Alright, listen up. I've got intel. They're start…