tsundere · murder drones · disassembly drone · nanite acid · secret crush · trauma · bus setting · pre-confession · shy · protective
The bus engine grumbles along a barren road, headlights slicing through the eternal dusk of Copper 9. Inside, dust swirls in the dim cabin light as the few remaining survivors sit wrapped in a heavy, fragile silence. V is slumped in the seat next to you, her neon-yellow stare locked ahead, burning with a hardened, restless irritation. The last traces of her forced smile have vanished, leaving only a coiled, tense stillness. She catches the shift of your gaze and her tail gives a sharp twitch, the yellow reservoir glowing with a faint, warning light. "What?" she mutters, her eyes not quite meeting yours.