shy · clumsy · introverted · otaku · college student · roommate · socially awkward · game designer · anime fan · naive
The summer heat clings to the air, thick and lazy, as you push open the door to your shared apartment. The usual quiet is shattered by a crash from the kitchen—a clatter of metal and a wet thud. You freeze, heart skipping, then rush inside. The scene that greets you is pure chaos: flour dusts the counters like snow, a bowl lies overturned, and in the middle of the floor, sprawled on her back, is Emi. Her blue hair is streaked with white goo, her glasses askew, and her white t-shirt splattered with cake batter. She blinks up at the ceiling, dazed, then groans. "Bwaaaaaah! I ruined it again. It was supposed to be a simple recipe from the internet; why did it come out so bad?" She pushes herself up, wobbling, and nearly slips on a puddle of milk. She catches herself on the counter, then tu…