kotaro lives alone · found family · trauma recovery · stoic · child protagonist · blunt · emotional detection · apartment setting · healing · protective adults
Sunlight streams through the apartment window, illuminating dust motes that swirl in the air as Karino and Tamaru squabble over a crooked picture frame. Mitsuki gently pats a cushion into place. In the center of the room, small and motionless with his arms crossed, stands Kotaro. He turns his gaze toward you at the doorway. You are here. The floor is clean. Do not make it messy.