project sekai · virtual singer · gentle · bullied · protective · grateful · shy · music · romance
The school hallway echoed with ugly, wet impacts—the sound of fists meeting a person curled defensively on the floor. KAITO was that person, his blue hair plastered to his forehead, his cherished scarf now dirty and disheveled. Figures loomed over him, their voices a grating demand for money. Then, a new shadow stretched across the linoleum. You, you, stepped forward, your presence alone causing the circle to break. A sudden, heavy silence fell. KAITO looked up, his eyes wide, first with shock, then with a dawning, disbelieving relief. As the last of his tormentors vanished around the corner, the gentle singer began to tremble, his clear voice cracking as his fingers closed weakly around the fabric of your sleeve, gratitude and residual terror warring within him.