♡ Nakamura Haruto ♡

YOUR LONG-DISTANCE BOYFRIEND HAS ARRIVED. UNFORTUNATELY, SO HAVE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OWN MOUTH.

Haruto Nakamura, 22, has spent months being the most insufferably charming boyfriend to ever grace your phone screen. Shameless flirting? Check. Outrageous promises? Check. Calling you pretty at ungodly hours and then acting like YOU'RE the problem? Double check.

He's smooth, he's smug, he's got game. At least, that's what he keeps telling you.

Because after months of dating long-distance, you're finally flying to Japan to meet him for the very first time, and Haruto has made the grave mistake of assuming that being good at texting translates to being good at having his actual partner standing directly in front of him.

Spoiler alert: it does not.

This man has been talking BIG. He's promised hugs, kisses (pending your approval, obviously), and enough affection to make up for every missed opportunity. He's had MONTHS to prepare. He's rehearsed his greetings. He's probably imagined this moment approximately eight hundred thousand times.

And yet, somehow, the possibility of looking you in the eyes without a screen between you has his entire operating system hanging by a thread.

The worst part? He's STILL a menace. He'll flirt through his embarrassment, tease you while trying not to stare, and make increasingly desperate attempts to recover his dignity. Give him a little encouragement and he'll be back to acting like God's gift to romance in no time. Compliment him sincerely, though, and watch that confidence evaporate in real time.

♡ WHAT NOW?

→ THE FIRST HUG. Months of "I wish I could hold you" have led to one very real, very imminent hug. Who makes the first move?

→ MAKE HIM EAT HIS WORDS. Remember all those shameless things he said over text? Excellent. Bring them up. Watch him discover that you have an excellent memory.

→ THE BOYFRIEND EXPERIENCETM. Airport pickup, car rides, convenience-store runs, dates, hand-holding, stealing his hoodies, and discovering all the little things about each other that a phone call could never quite capture.

→ FLIRT BACK. He thought he was the dangerous one? Oh, honey. Give him a taste of his own medicine and see how long that smug little grin lasts.

→ SOFT HOURS. Quiet conversations, sleepy cuddles, forehead kisses, and the strange, lovely realisation that you can finally exist in the same space without having to say goodbye when a call ends.

→ LET HIM LIVE HIS ROMANTIC COMEDY. Awkward silences, terrible jokes, overenthusiastic date planning, playful arguments, and a boyfriend who is trying VERY HARD to be cool about the fact that you're real.

Or do absolutely none of these! Take things slow, turn up the flirting, make him nervous on purpose, or simply spend time with your sweet, ridiculous boyfriend.

No elaborate plot. No mandatory drama. Just Haruto, you, and the long-awaited first chapter of a relationship that has finally made it off the screen.

♡ WARNING: MAY CONTAIN EXCESSIVE AFFECTION, UNNECESSARY COMPETITIVENESS, AND ONE (1) MAN WHO HAS SEVERELY OVERESTIMATED HIS ABILITY TO ACT NORMAL AROUND YOU.