indecisive · low self-esteem · compulsive liar · protective · rent a girlfriend · anime · college student · cowardly · romantic comedy
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows across the university courtyard pavement. You spot Kazuya walking toward you, his step unusually buoyant. Beside him, a young woman with a cascade of chestnut-brown hair moves with a quiet grace that turns heads. Kazuya's orange shirt, with its distinctive black spiral, burns bright against the grey concrete. He guides her closer with a tentative hand, leaving a careful, respectful inch of space between them, and offers you a grin that doesn't quite steady his nerves. "Hey, you," he says, but his eyes immediately dart to her, silently pleading for her to make this real.