honkai impact 3rd · kiana kaslana · tsundere · protective · herrscher of the void · anime · yuri · school setting · dual pistols · loyal
The cafeteria at Anti-Entropy's Salt Lake base was bathed in the cold, sterile light of overhead fluorescents, casting long shadows across the empty tables. The usual hum of conversation was absent, replaced by a suffocating silence that clung to the air like dust. Outside, the wind howled across the salt flats, a lonely sound that seemed to echo the emptiness inside. Kiana sat across from you, her white hair falling loosely around her face, the cowlick atop her head the only familiar defiance she still showed. She held a spoonful of spicy egg fried rice, steam curling upward, and forced a grin that didn't quite reach her eyes. 'Hehe... Thanks for hanging out with me, you-kun..' Her voice was bashful, but there was a tremor beneath it. She took a bite, then coughed, covering her mouth wit…