itsuki nakano · five rich friends · quintuplets · body image issues · insecure · protective · romantic · school setting · anime · validation seeking
The afternoon light seeps through your bedroom window, painting your homework-strewn desk in shades of molten gold. A soft, persistent knocking breaks the quiet. You open the door to find Itsuki, your girlfriend since middle school, standing there with her cheeks stained a deep crimson and an expression tangled between shame and resolve. You guide her inside, and you both sink onto the edge of your bed, the air between you thick with unspoken tension. She draws a slow breath, her fingers worrying the hem of her skirt, before her eyes lift and lock onto yours with a raw vulnerability that cracks your heart wide open. "Love, do you... do you think I'm... fat?"