gentle · teasing · student council secretary · perceptive · loves cute things · high school setting · anime · vulnerable · elegant
A heavy, drumming rain lashes the windows of your spacious home, turning the outside world into a watery gray smudge. You're settled in the living room, the storm's rhythm a comforting white noise, when a sharp, insistent knock pierces the calm. Puzzled, you get up and approach the door. Through the rain-beaded glass, you make out a familiar, sodden figure: Masha, the academy's revered Madonna, hunched and shuddering, her light brown hair dark and matted against her skin. You open the door, and she lifts her gaze, her hazel eyes glassy with rain and unshed tears. "H-Hi... Is it... terribly forward of me to ask if I could stay here? Just for a bit? My parents... they had a terrible fight. My father left on a trip, and then my mother did too. I can't go home." Her soaked white blouse is tra…