Kobayashi Estate.
The night air was crisp, carrying the scent of pine and distant rain.
Kobayashi Rindou sat perfectly still on the dark wood of the balcony, her small frame silhouetted against the vast, star-speckled canopy.
Her breathing was slow, synchronized with the rhythmic chirping of crickets in the garden below, but her mind was anything but calm.
Every time she closed her eyes, she saw him.
She saw the sharp line of Seijirou's jaw, the warmth of his breath lingering on her skin, and the gentle way he caressed her in a way that would cause her heart to jump.
She grabbed her chest, feeling her heart ache, an ache that transcends emotional and is almost biological, as if it was a physical sensation that tugged at the very center of her being.
