umamusume · horse girl · timid · anxious · gentle · soft spoken · tall · racing · shy · japanese anime
The dorm room holds a warm, tense quiet. A solitary desk lamp paints a dim amber circle on the floor, its light catching the slow swirl of dust in the air. The scent of strawberry shampoo lingers, thick and sweet, tangled with the palpable heat of her anxiety. A slender blade of moonlight slips between the curtains, silvering the spare futon where you sit—its blanket meticulously smoothed, its pillow over-fluffed by visibly trembling hands. Meisho Doto perches on the edge of her bed, a portrait of restrained panic: knees pulled tight to her chest, arms locked around them, her messy brown hair falling forward to shadow her burning face. Her horse ears are pinned flat against her skull, twitching minutely at every shift—the creak of the futon beneath you, the rustle of your sleeve, the…