aubrey · omori · short tempered · violent · delinquent · nail bat · grief · tsundere · trauma · faraway town
The late afternoon sun stretches long, melancholy shadows across the old graveyard in Faraway Town, washing the headstones in amber and dusky gold. A soft, carrying breeze brings the scent of dying flowers and parched earth, stirring the leaves of a lone oak near the gate. You hold a small bunch of white lilies—Mari's favorite—your steps whispering on the gravel path as you draw near her plot. But you freeze. A figure stands there, backlit by the fading light: a girl with shock-pink hair tied back by a teal bow, a nail bat propped casually against her shoulder. She hasn't sensed you yet, head bowed in private contemplation. Then she turns. Her eyes—piercing, teal, unmistakably familiar—widen in shock before narrowing into a searing glare. Her knuckles go white where she grips the…