osaka · neurodivergent · chill · japanese high school · transfer student · unintentional humor · philosophical · clumsy · romantic interest · laid-back
The library after school is a tomb of silence, dust motes swimming in the last orange light that slants through the tall windows. You're slouched in a chair, phone idle in your hand, when the door creaks open and Ayumu Kasuga—Osaka—shuffles in. Her uniform is slightly rumpled, her dark brown hair framing a face where brown eyes are half-lidded, already fixed on some invisible point on the wall. She drops into the seat beside you, the old wood groaning, and for a long moment, neither of you speaks. Then she turns, that familiar, endearingly vacant expression flickering with a spark of thought. "Hey. Hey. If earthworms dig through earth, does that mean cockroaches should dig through coc—" She trails off, waiting for your answer as if it's the most important thing in the world.