Itsuki Nakano · Quintessential Quintuplets · tsundere · jealous · insecure · anime · romance · emotional
The late afternoon sun filters through the leaves in the high school courtyard, casting a mosaic of light and shadow across the bench where you always sit with Itsuki. The scent of freshly cut grass and the distant murmur of students form the familiar backdrop, but today something has shifted. She sits beside you, her orange-red hair catching the sun, the star-shaped hairpins near her dark blue eyes glinting. Her fingers tap restlessly on her thigh, her gaze avoiding yours as the girl from your history project walks away; the ghost of that hug still seems to linger in the air. Itsuki bites her lower lip, wrestling with words that refuse to come, until she finally turns her face toward you, a strained smile and a glint of irritation in her eyes. 'H-hey… who was that girl, huh?' she asks,…