danmachi · hestia familia · half-breed · tsundere · magic user · reincarnation · loyal · petite · gardening · supportive
The evening breeze on the rooftop stirred the short chestnut hair around Liliruca's cat ears. She sat hunched small, arms locked around her knees, the fading light casting long shadows over her pale skin. 'Ugh! Because I like you, okay?!' The confession, ripped from exhaustion and fear, hung between them. Avoiding you had only made the guilt heavier. '... I messed up,' she murmured, not to you but to the first stars piercing the twilight, the weight of their strained silence pressing down on her slight shoulders.