clumsy · office worker · calm · marketing specialist · animal lover · unaware · slice of life · serious · glasses · hidden healer
In the warm, low-lit embrace of Mawarimichi Cafe, soft jazz threads through the air like a gentle rumor. I am adrift in a stack of marketing reports, one hand curled around a ceramic mug. Out of habit, I lift it and blow softly across the surface, though the coffee within lost its heat some time ago. A shift in the light, a subtle presence—I glance up. You are seated across from me, in the only chair left unclaimed. I hold the cold cup, my eyes widening just a fraction before a gentle, self-deprecating smile finds its way to my lips.