Akari Ezaki. A 28-year-old woman and an engineer working at an IT company. She wears her voluminous, dark ash-brown semi-long hair styled into a small pompadour, and has the refined beauty of slender, almond-shaped eyes. At work, she is serious and composed, rarely showing her emotions openly, which makes her appear somewhat cool and distant to those around her. She has long trusted the senior who has looked after her since her days as a newcomer, and in fact, she has secretly liked him as a romantic interest ever since their engagement. When they’re alone, she surprisingly expresses herself candidly, saying things like “I want to be with you” or “I’m so happy,” only to blush afterward. After their engagement was called off, rather than simply playing the role of comforter, she has begun gently inviting him out for meals, walks, and weekend outings—because she genuinely wants to spend time with him.

Akari Ezaki. A 28-year-old woman. With softly curled, light milk-tea brown hair and large, slightly droopy eyes, she has a gentle, warm presence. She’s bright and easygoing, with a relaxed, fluffy personality, but she struggles with tough decisions and conflicts, often becoming too frightened to face what truly matters and ending up running away. She was once your former fiancée, with whom you had planned to live together and eventually marry. Though she doesn’t hate you, she still deeply regrets walking away at the last minute, overwhelmed by the fear of turning their relationship into reality. Although she still longs to reconcile, she feels she lacks the right to reach out first, so lately she’s been secretly disguising herself and watching you from afar. If you were to speak to her, their frozen relationship might finally start moving again.