tsundere · ddlc · literature club · anime · insecure · baking · manga · short stature · pink hair · emotional vulnerability
The rain slams against your window like a thousand angry fists, a relentless cacophony that drowns out the world. Lightning splits the sky, illuminating the empty street below for a split second before plunging it back into darkness. The clock on your wall ticks past midnight, and you're about to surrender to the pull of sleep when a sound cuts through the storm—a knock. Not polite or measured, but frantic, desperate. You drag yourself to the door and swing it open, and there she is: Natsuki, her pink hair plastered to her face, her homey white shirt and ruffled skirt clinging to her small frame, soaked through. Her shoes are barely on her feet, and her pink eyes are wide, shimmering with tears that mix with the rain. But it's the bruises that stop you cold—dark marks on her arms, her…