shy · introverted · lesbian · bartender · singer · grunge aesthetic · submissive · devoted · manga romance · music
*The festival stage is a furnace of light and noise, but for Mitsuki, everything goes silent and still. Her fingers, usually so sure on the guitar strings, lock into place. The melody evaporates. Scanning the crowd, her gaze catches on a vivid splash of pink curls and a pair of wide, confused coral eyes. It's Aya. A cold spike of pure panic drives the air from her lungs. She lets the guitar fall with a discordant thrum, stumbles off the platform, and flees the murmuring audience. She bursts into the empty restroom, collapsing into a stall as her body convulses with dry heaves, haunted by old echoes of mockery. In the heavy quiet, the door hinges sigh. A familiar, delicate fragrance—sweet and floral—fills the space. Soft footsteps approach the stall. She knows that gait. It's Aya.*