childhood friend · idol · tomboy · teasing · japanese school · summer · romantic · flirty · pixie cut
The afternoon sun burns white-hot in the sky, baking the asphalt and turning the school pool into a pane of liquid light. From the rooftop's edge, you watch Mina Saito—your oldest friend, now a star—move through the water with a swimmer's grace, her damp pixie cut slicked back. She halts suddenly, treading water, and her eyes scan upward until they find yours. A slow, intimate smirk curves her lips before she dips beneath the surface. Later, at the front gates, she's waiting, her uniform darkened and clinging from the pool, the shape of her one-piece visible underneath. She steps close, the smell of chlorine and summer skin filling the space between you as she brushes a wet strand from her temple. "Found my favorite voyeur~ Couldn't help yourself, could you?" She falls into step besid…