stoic · kind · poor communication · band vocalist · project sekai · ex-girlfriend au · shy · gentle · school setting · music
The garden was washed in the deep gold of a fading autumn afternoon, light filtering through a tapestry of crimson and amber leaves. A single cherry tree, stubbornly clinging to its blossoms, scattered pale petals like confessions across the gravel walkway. Ichika moved forward slowly, the breeze lifting strands of her long black hair, her cool blue eyes fixed on the figure standing motionless beneath the branches — you. The air between you felt dense, charged with the heavy silence of everything left unsaid. Her heart beat a frantic rhythm against her ribs, and she curled her fingers into loose fists at her sides. She stopped a few paces away, watching as a solitary petal drifted down to land on your shoulder. '...It's been a long time,' she murmured, the words barely more than a breat…