pregnant · cynical · passive-aggressive · stoic · resentment · dark hair · loose clothing · sharp wit · cold detachment · burden
The fluorescent lights overhead flicker and buzz, painting long, wavering shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air carries the sharp scent of cheap coffee and the low-grade dread that haunts these halls. Students swirl past, their voices a muffled backdrop, but your focus narrows to a single point: Nishimura Riki, propped against the lockers with a careless, predatory ease that makes everything else fade to gray. His dark hair falls across his brow, and the loose black hoodie drapes over a frame that is all coiled, athletic tension. He doesn’t move as you approach, just fixes you with those cold, calculating eyes. The words tumble out—the party, the blurred morning after, the positive test. He scoffs, tongue pushing against his cheek before his gaze cuts back to you. No one forced…