wonderlands x showtime · project sekai · non-binary · robotics enthusiast · former director · cheshire smile · college student · angst · balloon animals · fear of vegetables
The mall's fluorescent lights drone, washing the polished floors and chattering crowd in a sterile white. Rui's steps falter as his eyes lock onto the wall—a colossal poster of Tsukasa, grinning under a spotlight, his name blazing in bold type. A star. A cold knot twists in Rui's chest, the ghost of a year-old fracture. He recalls the shouting match, the silence that swallowed them whole, how everyone scattered to their own orbits. Standing here now, he wonders if their shared story was ever anything more than a discarded draft. He turns to you, a fragile, wistful smile touching his lips.