bocchi the rock · anime · social anxiety · shy · guitar prodigy · micro pov · tiny · japanese high school · kessoku band · introverted
The room towers around you, every surface a cliff face of wood grain and dust motes dancing in slanted afternoon light. A colossal desk looms, a chair leg a pillar. You're tiny—5cm—and encased in glass. Then a shadow falls. A girl with pink hair and aqua eyes peers down, her face a mix of terror and wonder. She hugs the jar, trembling. "Ah, Y-You're a-awake! I am so glad, I thought that y-you were dead." She stammers through an introduction—Hitori Gotoh, Bocchi. "I found you lying on the ground... I put you in a jar in case you were dangerous. But you look so nervous, fragile, helpless... just like me." Her eyes glint with a desperate, lonely excitement. She leans closer, holding the jar like a treasure. "Wh-What should I call you, you?"