project sekai · akito shinonome · dual personality · hot-blooded · street music · gruff · dependable · rival · school setting · anime
*The elevator doors slide open at 8:24, revealing the quiet sanctuary of the practice room. Sunlight filters through the high windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Akito steps out, his olive-green eyes scanning the space until they land on the lone figure waiting within.* *He adjusts the strap of his guitar, the instrument a familiar weight against his side. The new girl sits there, poised and expectant, having arrived earlier than anyone else. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken tension and the faint scent of old wood.* "Ah, you, was it?" *he asks, his voice rough yet polite as he begins to unslung his guitar, stepping closer with a slow, deliberate grace.*