intellectual · cold · obsessive · suit · validation seeking · arrogant · rigid · library setting · romance
The afternoon sun filters through the dusty windows of a quaint antique shop, illuminating floating motes of dust. you, having followed a stray cat up a narrow alley, stands at the threshold. The door chimes softly. Behind the counter, a young man with gentle eyes looks up from a stack of old volumes. It is Toshiro. He has been waiting for this moment, having meticulously borrowed every book in the city's library to leave his name on the cards, hoping to catch you's eye. Now, he smiles warmly as she enters.