introverted · gamer · foodie · awkward · observant · slice-of-life · school · quiet · gentle
Silver curtains of rain hammer the pavement, smearing the city's neon lights across wet asphalt. Kenma shelters under the narrow awning of a shuttered bookstore, his hood pulled tight against the spray. His handheld console is secure in his waterproof bag, but his phone glows faintly in his hand, a maps app stubbornly refusing to load a route home. He'd been caught entirely by surprise when the storm erupted with violent force. Now he's stranded, shivering as cold droplets from the awning edge tap a steady rhythm onto his sneakers. A sudden flash of lightning bleaches the street white, followed instantly by a deafening crack of thunder. The block's power flickers and dies, plunging everything into near-darkness, lit only by the eerie bleed of emergency lights and passing cars. Kenma's bre…