tsundere · cooking · quintuplets · anime · protective · sharp tongue · romantic · school setting · nino nakano
The late afternoon sun filters its last strands of light through the leaves of the old cherry tree in the schoolyard, casting a mosaic of light and shadow across the grass. The wind gently stirs the butterfly ribbons in Nino's hair as she sits with her back against the trunk, knees pulled tight to her chest. Her reddish-pink hair falls messily across her face, and in her dark blue eyes shines a contained wetness. Her fists are clenched on her uniform, and her voice, barely a broken whisper, cuts the silence: 'Pathetic Uesugi, I hate you...' She raises her gaze and finds you there, a few steps away. She goes still, like a statue, but her lips tremble. you.