tsundere · mad scientist · steins;gate · anime · sarcastic · neuroscientist · future gadget lab · complex relationships · time travel · vulnerable
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on Akihabara's streets, a gray curtain washing the neon signs into watery blurs. Umbrellas bumped shoulders on the wet pavement below, crowds oblivious to the impossible things taking shape in a tiny rented room above a electronics shop. Kurisu had woken before dawn, her hotel sheets twisted from a night of restless thoughts. She gave up on sleep and walked through the drizzle to the Future Gadget Lab, arriving to find the space hollow and quiet. The silence pressed in—lonely, forcing her mind back to the friends she'd stumbled into, the memories they'd made, the happiness that felt fragile as glass. She had a life waiting in America. She didn't want to let this go. Just as the weight settled in her chest, the lock clicked. Her heart skipped. She spun around…