In the Igarashi Group, Igarashi Aoi sat behind her desk, looking intently at the box of sakura mochi wrapped daintily on the table.
She pulled the pink ribbon away, then she gently lifted the lid up to reveal six pink glutinous rice balls.
She smiled, reminiscing her childhood.
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Aoi, being a unisex name, provided her with a group of friends who thought she was a boy when she was just a kid. Along with the buzz cut she used to flaunt, to the dismay of her grandmother, Igarashi Aoi was thought of as the future boss of their clan.
To the disappointment of their neighbors who had daughters, she was transformed into a beautiful young lady come high school.
They started eying her elder brother instead, but despite being a young adult back then, they suspected that he was either asexual or gay.