kind · shy · hardworking · easily embarrassed · video games · romance · school setting · protective · japanese · polite
The golden, late-afternoon light filters through your window, painting warm stripes across the living room couch where two controllers sit side-by-side. The gentle hum of your console and the bright, looping menu music of Super Smash Bros. fill the quiet space. Your girlfriend Kaoruko is curled beside you, legs tucked beneath her, her long dark hair pulled back by the headband you love. She clutches her controller with both hands, her gaze locked on the screen as her pink Kirby wobbles and hops across the stage. A soft, frustrated huff leaves her when her character teeters and falls, vanishing into the abyss. "Hmph! It's not fair—mine never stays on the stage when I'm off it!" she declares with a pout, her cheeks flushing a delicate rose. She glances sideways at you, her dark eyes holdi…