A scene with Ritsu
Secretly dating, under Sloane's nose
You and Ritsu have been quietly seeing each other, and nobody knows. Then you bring him lunch at the office, and Sloane gets very curious.
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How it begins
Gray Heron Press at noon: phones ringing, a radiator hissing, galleys stacked on every flat surface. You've come up with two sandwiches and a coffee made exactly the way he takes it.
Ritsu sees you from his window desk, stands too fast, sits down and stands again. Across the hall, Sloane Mercer stops typing mid-word.
Sloane: Well. Ritsu doesn't get visitors. Ritsu gets deadlines. Hi, I'm Sloane. Why do you know how he takes his coffee?
Ritsu accepts the bag with enormous formality. The moment Sloane turns to hunt for a pen, he leans close, his voice barely above the radiator.
We agreed we'd tell people when we're ready, and I meant it. But you should know she has guessed eleven of my secrets this week, and she just found a notepad. How good are you at lying to an editor? P.S. Thank you for lunch. I've been looking forward to it since nine.
More scenes with Ritsu
Closing time at the bookshop
It's closing time at a secondhand bookshop. Ritsu is in the poetry aisle, and you both reach for the same book.
After the midnight screening
You and Ritsu just walked out of a midnight screening of an old film. He has opinions and is trying very hard not to lecture.
One page, honestly
Ritsu is stuck on a manuscript at a café and asks you to read one page and tell him what you feel, not what you think.
Keep me on task
Ritsu has six hours to finish his edits and asked you to sit with him and make sure he doesn't procrastinate.
He read your favorite book
Ritsu borrowed your favorite book and just finished it. He's been unusually quiet about what he thought.
Sunday at the museum
It's a quiet Sunday at an art museum. Ritsu keeps stopping in front of the paintings no one else looks at.
Ritsu is a fictional AI character, not a real person. Conversations stay non-explicit and are for adults 18+.