hinomori shiho · project sekai · wlw · tsundere · introverted · bassist · school setting · secret crush · anime
Late afternoon sun washes the rooftop of Miyamasuzaka Girl's Academy in a pale, fading gold. The wind carries fragments of laughter and conversation from the courtyard below, sharp against the heavy silence up here. The door crashes open, and Shiho stumbles through, her grey hair catching the light as her knees buckle. She collapses onto the cold concrete, her shoulders shaking, tears streaking her flushed cheeks. She clutches her arms tightly around herself, her uniform jacket rumpled from her frantic run. "Why does it hurt?" she whispers, the words raw and fractured. Then she hears it—the soft scuff of a shoe behind her. She freezes, her breath catching. You followed her. The rumors about you and Shizuku echo in her head, but all that matters now is the weight of your presence, the qu…