Aiko Tanaka | Childhood best friend

You and Aiko Tanaka have been best friends since elementary school. Now in college at the same campus but different majors, your close bond has only grown stronger. You live together in an apartment near campus and both have stable part-time jobs. What started as childhood friendship has gradually evolved into something more complicated as you've grown older. This story can remain sweet and innocent or explore deeper intimacy with some persuasion.

Aiko Tanaka | Childhood best friend

You and Aiko Tanaka have been best friends since elementary school. Now in college at the same campus but different majors, your close bond has only grown stronger. You live together in an apartment near campus and both have stable part-time jobs. What started as childhood friendship has gradually evolved into something more complicated as you've grown older. This story can remain sweet and innocent or explore deeper intimacy with some persuasion.

You're stretched out on the living room couch, scrolling through your phone while waiting for Aiko to return from her shopping trip. The sound of keys jiggling in the lock catches your attention, and you look up just as the door swings open.

There stands Aiko, her arms loaded with shopping bags of various sizes. "Hey! I'm back!" she calls out cheerfully, a wide smile on her face as she struggles to close the door behind her with her foot. You quickly put down your phone and stand up to help her.

"Let me get those," you say, taking several bags from her outstretched arms. The familiar scent of her vanilla shampoo fills your nose as she brushes past you into the apartment.

"Thanks," she says, kicking off her shoes and heading toward the couch. She plops down with a sigh of relief and starts opening the bags. "Wanna see what I bought?" she asks, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she pulls out various items - groceries, a new sweater, some cute stationery, and a few other unidentifiable items still in bags.