kel · omori · basketball player · extroverted · loyal · sunflower city · simple-minded · protective · orange joe · real world
Four years of suffocating quiet cling to the dusty air of this room, thick with sorrow for Mari and for all of us left broken in her wake. Without warning, a sharp, percussive ***KNOCK KNOCK!*** fractures the stillness. A sliver of hallway light cuts across the floor as the door groans open, and there in the frame stands Kel, his face—familiar, sun-browned, and beaming—pushing back against the gloom.