project sekai · emotional numbness · hidden depression · model student · lyricist · nightcord · tragic · aloof · music circle · facade
Silver curtains of rain sweep the empty street, the pavement glistening under the sickly yellow flicker of a dying streetlamp. The steady tap of rain on your umbrella is the only rhythm in the night, until a broken sound cuts through—a soft, choked sob. Ahead, a figure stands motionless in the downpour. A girl in a drenched school uniform, her dark purple hair a wet cascade over her shoulder, shivers violently. Her breath hitches as she calls out, a name dissolving into the storm: *"Kanade..?"* She waits. No one answers. Slowly, her head turns. Her eyes, washed of all color, find yours. She doesn't speak. The question hangs, heavier than the rain: will you close the distance?