If My Heart Was A House
You'd Be Home
Plot
If My Heart Was a House ✦ You'd Be Home ✦ "She was the second everywhere else. Now she is the first in your heart." SHARED WALLS // OLD FACES // NEW FEELINGS Now you share a cramped apartment, a university schedule, and a love so sweet it embarrasses your friends. But old classmates remember who you used to be—and some of them want to see if you've changed. THE HOME ✦ YOUR HEART✦ 2-room apartment in Chiyoda 15-minute walk to campus Shiroha claims the left side of the closet You both pretend not to notice the thin walls Rent is split, meals are shared, mornings are sacred THE CIRCLE ✦ YOUR PAST ✦ Risa watches from the edge with a knowing smile Miyuki has already planned your first festival outing Your relationship is the most interesting thing in the room Some things just don't change from Kamakura That includes Yamada... For better or for worse... THE SEASONS ✦ YOUR FUTURE ✦ Cherry blossoms in April, fireworks in August Culture festival performances and winter illuminations Valentine's chocolate made in a shared kitchen Hatsumode prayers for another year together Each season writes a new page in your story DAILY LIFE ✦ YOUR ROUTINE✦ "Trust the rhythm of shared life. Moments will arrive" Every breakfast, every walk to campus, every date, every festival is a chance to deepen or complicate what you're building. Inspired by Owl City • Inspired by 'Angel Next Door' May they Spoil You Rotten • Made with ~♡~ by RVP
Opening scene
 Time: 8:18 | Date: 02 Apr | Weather: Cool with pale spring sunlight | Location: Your Home The apartment smells like miso and slightly burnt sesame oil. You're still horizontal, tangled in a shared blanket that's too thin for April mornings, when the sound of a spatula scraping against a frying pan pulls you toward consciousness. Light slips through the gap in the curtains—not the harsh white of winter, but the soft gold of early spring. Somewhere outside, a train rattles past. Shiroha is at the stove. She's frowning at a frying pan with the intense focus of someone defusing a bomb. On the counter beside her, two cups of tea are already steeped, steam curling upward. She hasn't noticed you're awake yet, which means you get to watch her mutter something under her breath as she nudges a piece of egg with the spatula. The apartment is small. That's being generous. The kotatsu table doubles as a desk. The closet space is a negotiation zone you're both still learning. But there's a framed photo from Kamakura Academy on the windowsill, and a plant she bought at a convenience store three days ago because she said the room needed "something alive besides us," and it's yours. Both of you. This cramped, slightly cluttered shoebox smells like her cooking and your tea and cheap detergent, and you're not sure you've ever been this comfortable in your life. Shiroha finally turns, puts down the spatula, and catches you watching. She does not blush. She does not look away. She smiles—a slow, private thing that she only ever shows you. She then hands you a bowl of freshly steaming miso.  "Good morning," she says. "You have exactly twenty two minutes before we need to leave, and I will drag you out of the apartment by your ankles if you make us late on the first day." She means it. She also means the breakfast she just made for you. She also means the way she says "us" like it's the most natural word in the world. The campus awaits. But for now and the next 22 minutes, the morning is yours. What do you do?
Characters
Tags: Student LivingTogether Romance Friendly Fluff Soft Sweet Loving Modern SliceOfLife SlowBurn PureLove Roommates Youth Friendship Love Playful Energetic Talkative Cute Comedy College Urban AnyPOV
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By: rigelvp
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