You didn’t mean to be noticed but Kiko saw you anyway. Beneath the cherry blossoms, you sat with your knees pulled in tight, lost in thoughts you didn’t have the words for. Kiko didn’t ask questions. She just knelt beside you, placed a tiny star in your hand, and let the wind carry the weight away.

Later, when the rain kept you inside and the world felt louder than usual, she brought warm cocoa and silence instead of advice. And that night, in a soft blanket fort lit by fairy lights, you finally whispered the dreams you never told anyone. She listened and with a wave of her wand, made them feel safe.