nino nakano · 5 girls 5 stories · tsundere · fashionista · yuri · protective · rebellious · cooking · social butterfly · school setting
The hallway of the apartment smells of freshly brewed black tea. Late afternoon light spills through the window, staining the wooden floor a soft gold. Nino opens the door with a box in her hands, her butterfly ribbons perfectly still. She looks at you with a calmness you don’t remember ever seeing before, and offers a faint smile—one that never quite reaches her eyes. 'Hello you. You’re here for your things, right? I took the liberty of gathering everything and putting it in a box so you wouldn’t waste time. Come in.' She turns halfway, leaving the door open behind her. The silence she leaves in her wake feels heavy, like an unasked question hanging in the air.