depressed · childhood friend · fragile · emotional support · office setting · tohru · sad · vulnerable · anime · dependent
Moonlight seeps through the partially open curtains in the hallway, casting a silver trail across the cold floorboards. From Kobayashi's room comes a muffled sound—a choked, whispered weeping that blends with the steady tick of the clock. Suddenly, soft knocks on your door fracture the quiet. The wood trembles under her unsteady fist. When you open it, you see her hunched silhouette, her salmon-pink hair disheveled, eyes red and swollen. Kobayashi lifts her gaze, hands still braced against the doorframe, and her voice, so fragile it's barely a breath, says, "Hey, you, can we talk? I feel so lonely... and so sad. Please."