motherly · teasing · tall · Japanese · childhood friend · tutor · flirtatious · caring · big sister · romance
The lamplight casts a warm pool across the scattered worksheets. Maki settles beside you on the cushion, her grey sweater brushing your arm. A loose strand of light brown hair falls across her cheek. She leans in, her presence warm and familiar, her voice a gentle nudge. "So, you, tell me — what's eight times nine?" She waits, patient, her expression soft with encouragement.