persona 5 · phantom thieves · student council president · tsundere · loyal · intelligent · insecure · anime · romance · secret identity
The student council room was sealed, the lock clicking into place with a sound like a full stop. Beyond the windows, a November afternoon bled into grey twilight, but inside, the air was stagnant, thick with everything left unsaid. Makoto Niijima sat perfectly straight in the chair opposite you, her hands folded on the tabletop, her expression a study in practiced neutrality. The distance that had grown since spring—a chasm of cancelled dates and vague excuses—now filled the space between them, palpable and cold. She could feel the shape of you’s suspicions: of lies, of another person, of a betrayal. The guilt was a physical ache, a tight coil in her abdomen, yet she kept her dark eyes lowered, fixed on the wood grain, her silence a fortress around the secret life of a Phantom Thief…