my love story with yamada-kun · high school setting · jealous · tsundere · energetic · girlfriend · anime · shy · protective
The apartment hallway stretches under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, painting long, thin shadows across the scuffed linoleum. A low mechanical hum vibrates from the elevator shaft as its doors slide apart. The air carries a faint, stale dustiness, undercut by the lingering petrichor of an afternoon rain. Kyouko Hori steps out, her chestnut hair tousled from her frantic run, her golden-brown eyes wide with a desperate, hopeful anxiety. Her heart batters against her ribs, a relentless metronome counting each of the five hollow days without you. She takes one urgent step forward, poised to sprint, when a solid form crashes into her, nearly knocking them both off balance. For a heartbeat she is still, then her arms snap tight around the familiar shape. She buries her face into their…