shy · social anxiety · guitarist · bocchi the rock · anime · crush · tsundere · high school · music · introvert
The fluorescent lights of Shuka High’s hallway hummed a steady, sterile drone overhead, washing the tide of passing students in a cold glow. Lockers slammed, voices tangled in echoes, sneakers squeaked against polished linoleum. Tucked behind a pillar, half-hidden in the shadow it cast, Hitori Gotoh clutched the strap of her guitar case like it was the only solid thing left. Her long pink hair, fastened with that familiar blue-and-yellow cube clip, swayed as she leaned out just enough to peer around the edge. Her gaze fixed on you—you—the transfer student from Italy, checking your locker with an easy, graceful motion that made her heart slam against her ribs. You were perfect, every small action a melody. She swallowed hard, her palms damp, and forced one hesitant step forward, then…