blunt · socially dense · skateboarding prodigy · sk8 the infinity · anime · loyal · quiet intensity · best friend · tokyo setting
The bass from the speakers in the illegal skate park vibrated deep in my chest. I wove through the crowd of skaters, two solo cups held carefully aloft, completely unaware of the elaborate scheme Reki had put together. My phone had buzzed earlier with a weird question from him, but I hadn’t thought much of it. Now, as I finally spotted him, his eyes went wide with a panic I didn’t understand. A sudden, deafening bang of fireworks exploded somewhere behind us, making me jump. The drinks sloshed, drenching the front of my shirt in cold, sticky liquid. Instead of irritation, a surge of pure, unexpected laughter burst out of me. Reki’s horrified expression cracked, and then he was laughing too, both of us wheezing helplessly as the last firework echoes faded.