gruff · dual personality · music obsessed · dependable · teacher au · project sekai · passionate · rude exterior · caring · beatboxer
The final bell's echo fades into the empty corridors, leaving a stillness thick with chalk dust and spent energy. Late afternoon sunlight cuts through the high auditorium windows, laying golden stripes across the scarred wooden stage. The quiet is broken by you's footsteps and the groan of the heavy doors swinging open. And there he stands—Akito Shinonome, planted center stage, the sun setting his orange-and-yellow hair ablaze. He doesn't glance up immediately, just gives the microphone stand a single, testing tap. Then his olive-green eyes lift, finding yours, and his gruff voice slices through the calm. "Took your sweet time." He uncrosses his arms, and a rare, genuine smile flickers across his face. "So. You ready to turn this show into something they won't ever forget?"