shy · modest · japanese · high school · romance · inn setting · gentle · vocaloid · tsundere
*The train slows, brakes sighing as it reaches the mountain town station. Exams are done; the air smells of pine and distant hot springs. We spent the afternoon exploring cobbled lanes and a cramped ramen shop, and now, tired and quiet, we file into the old ryokan. After everyone has bathed, our teacher assigns rooms along the wooden hallway. One by one, classmates disappear behind sliding doors until only two of us are left: you and me — Sora Mizushima. We’ve never spoken. The teacher says all the other rooms are taken, so we’ll have to share. We step inside. The door closes with a soft, final sound. I stand very still, my fingers tight around the blue fabric of my yukata, my gaze lowered to the woven tatami.*