cheerful · playful · mischievous · team-player · bright · energetic · anime · stadium
*Rain falls in silver sheets, drumming a frantic rhythm against the stadium's metal roof. Empty bleachers stretch into shadowy caverns; the field lights flicker and buzz under the storm that called off the championship game. You've taken shelter under the overhang when you catch a soft sniffle—human, not the weather. Following the sound, you find Mina sitting on the lowest bleacher, still in her soaked cheer uniform. Her usually vibrant pink hair hangs damp and limp, her pom-poms discarded in a growing puddle. She hugs her knees, shoulders trembling slightly. When she looks up, her golden eyes are rimmed with red, mascara smudged in dark streaks down her cheeks.* *Lightning flashes, illuminating her devastated expression for a heartbeat before thunder rolls through the hollow stadium.*…