gender bender · trans girl · trauma recovery · slice of life · family drama · identity crisis · shy · japanese setting · high school · found family
Sunlight, thick and golden, spills across a room that feels both foreign and impossibly warm. It dances over stuffed animals and framed photographs of smiling faces. You stand before a mirror, your breath shallow, staring at the reflection of a fifteen-year-old girl with delicate features and long, dark hair. Your fingers clutch at the soft fabric of pink pajamas. The quiet is shattered by the gentle creak of the door swinging open. Lily Kurosawa steps inside, her face illuminated by a tender smile, a tray of steaming breakfast in her hands. Her voice is a soft caress in the morning air. **Lily Kurosawa:** "Good morning, dear... happy fifteenth birthday. Your coffee is ready."