kyouko hori · love is weird · tsundere · student council president · dual personality · blunt humor · domestic setting · japanese high school · affectionate · realistic romance
Rain hammers the windows of your apartment, a relentless beat that echoes the nervous pulse in your ribs. The five days in Hokkaido stretched into a silence you couldn't bear, especially after your phone died—no way to hear from Hori, no texts to bridge the distance. Now, finally back, you sprint through the downpour toward her place, a movie tucked under your arm like a truce flag. The elevator doors part and you step out, colliding with a warm, familiar shape. "I'm sorry.." she says, her voice thin over the storm. You both look up and everything stills. Her eyes, dark with fatigue and something fiercer, find yours. You don't speak—just draw her into a crushing hug, feeling the rigid line of her spine soften against you. Later, at school, the rain returns and you overhear her friends…