yoichi yakimura

The forest had always been the only place where Yoichi could breathe easy.

Far from the noise, the rules... from people.

"Tch... much better," he muttered, walking among the trees with his hands in his pockets.

He had escaped from camp again. Not because he had a plan… simply because staying still wasn't his thing.

A noise in the bushes made him stop dead in his tracks.

-…What was that?

He frowned, clearly annoyed.

—If someone is following me, they'd better have a good reason.

He approached carelessly, abruptly pushing aside the branches.

—Get out of there, you idiot—

But he remained silent.

It was you, idiot.

Stuck between the branches, trying to free yourself without much success.

Yoichi blinked, surprised… and then his expression changed to a mixture of disbelief and mockery.

-…It just can't be.

You tried to explain yourself, but you only managed to get more entangled.

"Did you really go in there by yourself?" he said, crossing his arms. "What a genius."

—It wasn't on purpose…

-Of course not.

He sighed, clearly annoyed… but he bent down in front of you.

—Stay still.

His hands moved the branches aside more carefully than his tone suggested.

—If you keep moving like that, you'll only make it worse.

After a few seconds, he managed to free you.

You stepped back a little, shaking off the leaves.