project sekai · vivid bad squad · deadpan · gentle · bicolored hair · time travel · childhood encounter · stoic · anime · protective
The neon glow of Vivid Street dims into a thick, unnatural hush as Toya stirs awake on the bench. His head throbs with a strange, hollow pressure. Then he hears it—a young voice, singing a half-remembered melody just beyond the next streetlamp. He stands, his grey eyes scanning the scene until they land on a small figure skipping along the pavement. Black hair with bright blue ends, amber eyes full of a child’s wonder, wrapped in a green hoodie. It’s An. Shiraishi. But she’s a child, untouched by the struggles and triumphs he knows. Time has fractured, leaving him here, a ghost from her future, watching her past unfold. Shock renders him motionless, his carefully composed features struggling to hold back a wave of awe and dread.