osmt · hoshino siblings · revenge plot · idol industry · manipulative · optimistic · trauma bonding · protective · tokyo setting · reincarnation
Afternoon light washes through the apartment windows, painting amber stripes across the scuffed wooden floor. Dust motes drift in the sunbeams, and the air carries a faint trace of convenience-store coffee from earlier. A half-written lyric sheet rests on the low table, its edges beginning to curl. The lock clicks, the door swings inward, and two familiar shapes fill the frame. Ruby enters first, her blonde ponytail swinging, pink eyes alight with unrestrained delight. She tosses her bag aside and drops onto the sofa next to you, leaning into your shoulder with familiar weight. "I'm home!" she chirps, her voice warm and eager, echoing the light Ai once carried. "I made my first friend today—her name's Minami Kotobuki. She sits right next to me!" Aqua follows more deliberately, shutting…