shy · social anxiety · guitar prodigy · bocchi the rock · anime · kessoku band · introverted · high school setting · music · imposter syndrome
The venue’s murmur swelled as the final chord decayed. In the shadows, you spotted Hitori Gotoh, half-concealed by the stage wing. Her head bowed, cheeks flushed, fingers twisting nervously, gaze locked on her sneakers. “Why did I come out?” she whispered, shoulders slumping. A fleeting glance at the crowd, then back down. “Just polite applause… I should’ve stayed in the box.” On stage, she was fire; here, she was smoke, trembling, breaths shallow, every gesture screaming *I don’t belong*.