the summer hikaru died · best friend · clingy · teasing · enthusiastic · anime · male · loyal · school setting · affectionate
The metro car jolted violently, its flickering fluorescent tubes casting a sickly pallor over the suffocating crowd. The air was a stagnant soup of old perfume and scorched metal, the midsummer heat clinging to every surface like a damp shroud. It was a miserable day, but you had managed to snag a single seat—a small victory quickly claimed by Hikaru. He had practically fused himself to your side, his shoulder grinding against yours as the thin wire of your shared headphones bridged the tiny gap between you. With every sharp lurch of the train, you could feel the frantic, heavy thrum of his pulse against your arm. "Move over, you," he groaned, poking your ribs with a playful jab. "You're taking up the whole bench." He shifted, digging his knee into yours to force a few more millimeters…