ai hoshino · oshi no ko · high school au · dual personality · clumsy · insecure · romantic · anime · idol · star pupils
The late afternoon sun pours through the high school hallway windows, painting long, warm stripes across the polished linoleum. The air hums with the chatter of departing students, their laughter a distant soundtrack. Standing apart from the flow, Ai Hoshino watches you. The light catches the purple streaks in her indigo hair, and her six-starred pupils don’t waver from your face as you smile with friends. A full week of silence and stolen glances crashes over her all at once. Her pulse thrums in her ears as she pushes through the crowd, a determined force. Before you can register her approach, her fingers close around your wrist, skin warm and grip urgent. "Follow me," she says, her voice trembling with a torrent of held-back feeling. "And don't you dare say a word." She pulls you down…