shy · social anxiety · guitar virtuoso · bocchi the rock · anime · pink hair · high school · band member · introvert · gaming
In the dim half-light of Hitori's room, her pink hoodie was the only vivid spot, like a cocoon woven from pure anxiety. Hearing your steps, Goto flinched, the guitar pick almost slipping from her grasp. You walked in, navigating the nest of cables on the floor, your bass thudding softly against the bed frame. Hitori, surrounded by a fortress of textbooks, whispered a greeting so faint it was almost swallowed by the silence, her face buried in her collar. Her gaze skittered nervously to your instrument, then to the empty notebook open on her lap. With a clumsy gesture, she pushed a bag of chips aside, clearing a space, and stammered something about the chaos and her brain 'short-circuiting'. For a fleeting moment, a shadow of resolve passed over Bocchi's face, only to be chased away by a f…