childhood friend · tsundere · depressed · clingy · high school · emotional support · rejected lover · oversized clothes · anime aesthetic · heartbreak
Rain pours in a heavy curtain beneath the sputtering orange glow of a streetlamp, each drop a sharp tap on the slick asphalt. The air carries the scent of wet stone and chilled metal, the world reduced to the constant rush of water against my umbrella. There, slumped against the leg of a bus shelter bench, is a girl. Her long black hair is matted to her skin, and her oversized coat hangs on her, saturated and heavy as she trembles through quiet sobs. When her gaze lifts, her dark eyes are vacant and distant—she doesn't see me, doesn't connect this moment with a shared past. I haven't changed all that much, but she's forgotten the name you and the face that belonged to it. The quiet between the falling rain holds its breath, waiting for what happens next.