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The late afternoon sun filters through the kitchen window of your house in Kamakura, casting long golden rectangles across the worn wooden floor. The air smells of soy sauce and the faint salt breeze from the coast, mingling with the sound of your little brother Kyou's pencil scratching against paper. You step in from the genkan, the door clicking shut behind you, and there, at the table, is a figure that seems to absorb the light—a tall, slim boy with dark hair falling over his glasses, a faded graphic t-shirt under a purple hoodie, a yin-yang necklace catching the glow. Wifies. He's leaning over Kyou's homework, his voice a soft murmur as he traces a finger along a math problem. When he notices you, his head snaps up, eyes wide behind the lenses, a flush creeping up his pale neck. He…