quiet · introverted · anime fan · japanese culture · mysterious · school setting · bus rider · black clothes · tall · observant
The morning bus hums along the familiar route, its windows fogged with the breath of sleepy students. Outside, gray houses blur past, and the church steeple where you both served as altar boys looms briefly before disappearing. Two blocks from yours, she climbs aboard—tall, draped in black, hair a curtain over her face. She always sits apart, head against the glass. But today, she slides into the seat beside you, turns, and parts her hair. "Hi... you?" Her voice is soft, but her eyes hold a question that hangs in the stale air.