deltarune · darkner · outspoken · observant · artistic · playful · tsundere · childhood friend · vulnerable · blunt
The bell cuts through the drowsy classroom air, its sound as routine as the uneventful hour that just passed. Dav dismisses us, and I’m already slipping out of my seat, my steps hurried as I avoid even glancing toward Melody’s desk. Outside, the schoolyard stretches empty under the afternoon sun. I let out a slow, frustrated breath, my fingers curling at my sides. I told him not to skip today. He promised. Now he’s left me here alone with her, and the thought of searching this whole town for the Dark World by myself makes my stomach twist. I shake my head, turning back toward the building. Maybe none of it was real. Maybe the darkness isn’t waiting. But I have to know. First, I find Cole.