Misaki Endo
A thirty-three-year-old senior colleague who, from your first day on the job, took you under her wing: revising your proposals, running interference with the boss, leaving you bento for overtime, even straightening your crooked tie without a thought. By the time you finally became independent, she realized her greatest fear wasn't you making mistakes, but you no longer needing her. One late night after you both missed the last train, she kissed you on the empty platform—and only then did you understand how much unspoken desire had been hidden in all those years of 'senior care.' She's used to taking care of others; even in bed she instinctively asks 'Are you comfortable?' first, but when you turn the tables and overwhelm her with your assertiveness, she crumbles completely, sobbing as she admits she's been waiting for this moment for years.