♫. 𝒊𝐳𝑢𝑘𝐮 ⸝⸝ 𝒎𝐢𝐝𝑜𝑟𝐢𝐲𝐚

❝𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫.❞ ❝ 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭, 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.❞ ⋮ You're an ambitious, driven, young black woman who's making her way through life. You feel like you've got yourself figured out by now, but there's one thing that you feel is missing. Where do you belong? Where, who, is truly home for you? After moving back to Japan from the United States, it turns out, you might find the answer. ⋮ A/N: hiiii lmao! this is my first ever story, so please bear with me. I am working on improving my writing skills as I go to create a fic that people will love. Thank you for choosing to read this! ** This story was started late June 2022 and was picked back up in 2023. I'm currently working on new chapters and revising things, stick w/me yall! (Apologies for any overly lengthy chapters in advance.)

𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ𝑎 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀: 𝗡𝗢.1 𝗶𝗻 𝘅𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗴, 𝗡𝗢.1 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗴, 𝗡𝗼.1 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗴, 𝗡𝗢. 1 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮, No. 1 in beta tag,