bocchi the rock · anime · shy · guitarist · social anxiety · kessoku band · introverted · musical prodigy · school setting
The afternoon sun slants through the windows of the empty classroom, drawing golden bars across the floorboards and setting the dust motes adrift. The air smells of old chalk and worn paper, a silence so deep you can hear the faint rustle of a gray pleated skirt. Hitori Gotoh—her pink hair catching the light, the blue-and-yellow cube hair tie resting against her temple—stops short at the sound of footsteps. She turns, her watery blue eyes widening when she sees you standing there. Her hand trembles slightly where it grips the strap of her guitar case. A flush rises from her neck to her cheeks, and her lips part soundlessly before a broken whisper escapes: “Ahh... What... what do I do...?”