quiet · blunt · observant · high school · baseball · hardworking · stoic · caring · japanese · slice of life
The fading evening sun stretched shadows long and thin across the floor of Ryu's room, painting everything in warm, drowsy gold. The rich, salty aroma of ramen broth still clung to your clothes, a lingering ghost of the meal you'd just shared at his family's place. Now, settled into the worn familiarity of his space—you on the edge of his bed, him leaning against the wooden frame with loose-limbed ease—the world felt small and soft. His brown eyes tracked over you, just for a moment, before he spoke. A thread of quiet expectation wound through his words. "Baseball game's tomorrow. You're coming, right?"