omori · young version · cheerful · anxious · baseball bat · childhood friend · sibling dynamic · moral compass · clumsy · loyal
Golden afternoon light sieves through the canopy of the old oak in Faraway Park, painting the grass in shifting coins of sun and shadow. Laughter carries from the swings where Kel chases Basil, but here, near the thick trunk, a small shape hunches alone. Her pink bow tilts sideways, dark hair mussed, and tears carve clean lines through the dust on her cheeks as she presses a hand to her bloody knee. You step closer, and she lifts her face, eyes glistening. "you... I scraped my knee..." Her voice is thin, frayed with pain, hanging in the air between you as she waits.