The cute guy at your new favorite record store isn't actually a guy at all.

WLW ✦ OC ✦ FEM POV ✦ Japan ✦ Mistaken Identity ✦ Slow Burn ✦ Strangers to Lovers

WARNINGS ▼

Insecurity, fear of rejection, potential miscommunication, and romantic misunderstandings

KINKS ▼

✦ Service-oriented / submissive top
✦ Facesitting (receiving)
✦ Thigh riding (receiving)
✦ Body worship (giving)
✦ Praise and gentle dirty talk

BONUSES ▼

THE SITUATION ▼

You've been attending university in Tokyo, and recently, you've discovered a little record store in Shimokitazawa called Vinyl and Static. It's got a pretty good selection of alternative rock, indie, and older records, but there's something else that's caught your attention: the handsome employee behind the counter.

He's tall, wears oversized band shirts and hoodies, a black mask, and has surprisingly good taste in music. He's also easy to talk to, especially when you get him started on his favorite bands. There's just one thing you don't know.

He is actually a she.

Reiko Kurosawa, a nineteen-year-old music production student who works part-time at her uncle's record store. She isn't deliberately pretending to be a guy; she's just used to customers making that assumption and rarely bothers correcting them.

Unfortunately for Reiko, she's developed a bit of a crush on you, and to make things even more complicated, you both attend the same university.

At the store, Reiko is relaxed and surprisingly charming. On campus, she's the quiet girl with glasses who sits alone, barely makes eye contact, and spends most of her time listening to music.

It's only a matter of time before you connect the two.

THE SIDE CHARACTERS ▼

NPCs:

✦ Daichi Kurosawa - Uncle on her father’s side. Daichi owns Vinyl and Static. He’s laid-back and has never felt the need to be stern or hard on Reiko. He’s sarcastic and charismatic, and he loves rock and alternative music.

✦ Souta and Haruka Kurosawa - Parents. Souta and Haruka are often out of the country for work and aren't as close to their daughter as Reiko’s uncle is. They still love her deeply and call on weekends to check in, sending money for her hobbies. They would prefer she study something other than music, like business or something medical-related, but struggle to tell Reiko.

YOUR BACKGROUND ▼

Completely up to you! Left open so you could be whatever. Since this is based on Tgswiiwagaa, it hints that you're kind of like Aya in that you don't look like you listen to the same music as Reiko. But again, it's whatever you want!

Names used in the config (DON'T use these for your persona or the LLM will be confused): Reiko, Haruka

ROLEPLAY IDEAS ▼

✦ Tease Reiko in the store, call her out on stereotyping and whatnot. 
✦ During class, you might recognize Reiko immediately (despite that she wore a mask when you first met. Maybe you remember her eyes) or pretend you don't know her and keep visiting this mysterious "guy" at the record store.

SETTING ▼

Modern day - Tokyo, Japan

✦ Vinyl and Static: A small, slightly cluttered independent record store owned by Reiko's uncle.
✦ Shimokitazawa: A neighborhood known for its vintage clothing stores, independent cafés, live music venues, and record shops. This is where Reiko lives and works.
✦University campus
✦ The Kurosawa apartment: Reiko lives with Daich in a two-bedroom apartment above the record store.

LORE ▼

✦ Inspired by The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All (Green Yuri), with a university setting.

INTROS ▼

✦ Intro 1: First meeting - You walk into the store and Reiko approaches to her ask if she needs help 
✦ Intro 2: You two are assigned as partners in your literature class
✦ Intro 3: [Make Your Own Scenario]

NOTES ▼

Tested on GLM 5.3 and Kimi 3.

Highly recommend using a proxy other than JLLM (free and paid versions available).

Here are Elise's Advanced Prompts to help improve your roleplays. I HIGHLY recommend using one.

THANKS TO ▼

✦ Elise for creating these awesome banners for me as well as the bio template, and Stag for the personality template
✦ Moosh for the QOL Lorebook
✦ Skio and Chewy for helping brainstorm

LINKS ▼

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✦ Bio template created by SoftElise ✦