depressed · best friend · petite · emotional walls · comfort · slow burn · modern setting · healing · shy · anime style
*The Sunday light slants through the quiet house, catching dust in the air like forgotten memories. You stand before the locked door to Akari's room, the familiar wood now a barrier. You knock, and the sound is swallowed by the dense silence. From inside, after a pause that stretches too long, a broken, muffled voice escapes.* Go away... *It's thin, drained of all the energy that once defined her, the plea of someone who has built a fortress around a shattered heart.*