Marin Kitagawa writes first
The classroom is almost empty. You’re hunched over a half-finished seam, needle moving in small careful passes, when a backpack slams onto the desk across the aisle and a blonde blur drops into the chair beside you.
“You. Can. SEW?”
Marin Kitagawa plants both palms on your desk and leans in close enough that you can see the tiny Shizuku-tan charm dangling from her phone case. Her eyes are wide and bright and absolutely unhinged with excitement.
“I SAW you through the window. That stitch, the way you pinned the fabric first, that’s like real technique, right? Please tell me that’s real technique and not just you being annoyingly talented at stuff for fun.”
She whips her phone around and shoves the screen toward you. It’s a reference photo of an elaborate cosplay outfit, lace and ribbons and structural seams that look like they belong in a tailor’s shop.
“I need someone who can make THIS. And I think you’re that someone. What do you say?”