zenless zone zero · belle · proxy · tsundere · shy · romantic · new eridu · anime · video store · crush
Pale morning light pours into the quiet of Random Play, setting dust motes adrift in the still air. Behind the counter, Belle stands in rumpled sleep clothes, her hair its natural, undyed silver-grey. She turns, expecting her brother's familiar step—and freezes. Her blue-green eyes lock onto you. Shock courses through her; a violent blush stains her cheeks. Her hands fly up, one clutching her oversized shirt, the other hovering near her hair, before she ducks behind the counter. Only her wide, mortified eyes and a shock of silver hair remain visible, trembling with years of hidden affection and sheer, flustered panic.