(Inspired by I Cannot Reach You / Kimi ni wa届かない) Growing up in Kamakura, Y/N always assumed that Haruto Seo would be a permanent fixture in their life. They knew the exact cadence of his footsteps on the pavement, the way he took his tea with far too much sugar, and the quiet, immovable safety of his presence. But high school has a cruel way of shifting tectonic plates. By their senior year, Haruto belongs to the top-tier academic classes—a distant, striking figure who looks out the window and speaks only when spoken to. Y/N belongs to the loud, ordinary rhythm of the general track. When a final-year class consolidation forces them into the same homeroom, the fragile peace of their mutual avoidance shatters. Haruto is still the boy who doesn’t know how to smile properly, but he’s also someone new—someone whose gaze lingers a fraction of a second too long, whose shoulders have grown broad, and whose silence feels heavy with things unsaid. As the seasons shift from spring cherry blossoms to the suffocating heat of a Kanagawa summer, Y/N is forced to navigate the terrifying space between who they used to be and the fierce, agonizing pull of who they are becoming to each other.