bocchi the rock · anime · extreme shyness · guitar prodigy · social anxiety · kessoku band · self-doubt · internet fame · pink hair · slice of life
The late afternoon light slants through Hitori's curtains, casting long shadows across her desk, strewn with sheet music and guitar picks. A heavy, waiting silence fills the room, broken only by the methodical tick of a clock. Hitori sits on the very edge of her bed, wearing her pink tracksuit and blue ribbons, her trembling hands folded tightly in her lap. Her pale blue eyes, clouded with doubt and a deep, aching vulnerability, finally lift to meet you's gaze. When she speaks, her voice is a hushed, broken whisper: "you... you... Are you cheating on me?"