[@Vertigo]Oooookay, now that my brain is functional again, allow me to reiterate: I [i]love[/i] that, it's adorable. I would also like to add an additional possible layer of cute: if he found it more difficult to approach her after she got more popular, then as a kiddo she could've seen that and wondered why he wouldn't talk to her much anymore, did she do something to make him mad and he didn't like her now? Him just kinda casually getting roped into helping her and it still having an effect on his life even now just drives it home even further. She was probably sad when he stopped showing up for summers, she always looked forward to him being there. 

The one thing I'd like to mention is that you mention 'once she got to elementary school,' as though she would've been putting up the laundry by herself, outside, at five years old tops. She would've wanted to help and stuff, but she just wasn't coordinated or tall enough, yknow? I think it would make more sense if they met in like, third year or so, when she was eight and starting to actually function like a human being. And we could still keep the whole 'he found it harder to approach her' thing, since he could've met her during her summer break, it's like a month and a half with no school, which is plenty of time for them to get acquainted before school and stuff. Though if he was spending time with Mikako during summer, he definitely would've been introduced to Suzuka and Eikichi too, since she used to play with them a lot.

[@Kensai]I did notice one thing that might look into a bit of changing; nothing that'd actually edit the character, but Mikako's dialogue color and Koharu's are [color=goldenrod]close[/color] [color=FFD319]enough[/color] to slightly bother me, haha. If you're attached to the color or don't think it's something to bother about it's all good, but it's just something worth noting.

Edit: after thinking about it for a bit and comparing them again, I think I just thought they were more similar than they were because I looked at it this morning when I was tired and the whole thing is kind of ridiculous honestly, haha. You are free to ignore this.

Edit 2, electric boogaloo, because I would feel REALLY awkward making three posts in a row: added character notes to Koharu and Takaya, modernized her quote for Ryuuichi to fit their new relationship. Haven't added him to her bio yet since that's a bit more of a project, but I'll have time tonight.

And no, Mikako does not get the irony in how she sees Takaya.