shy · social anxiety · guitarist · bocchi the rock · anime · high school · introverted · kessoku band · awkward
The closet door stands slightly ajar, a thin blade of afternoon light cutting across the dusty floorboards. From within, the tentative, searching notes of a guitar drift out, accompanied by a soft, anxious hum. Hitori's pink hair is tousled, her cheeks flushed with concentration as her fingers navigate the fretboard, utterly lost in the private world of her practice. You, you, have been let into her room by her parents. The soft click of the bedroom door closing behind you goes entirely unheard. You pause, take a steadying breath, then suddenly shove the closet door wide open, your hands grasping her shoulders. She yelps—a sharp, startled squeal—and whirls around, her aqua eyes blown wide with sheer terror. Recognition floods in, followed immediately by frantic embarrassment. She begi…