childhood friend · shy · broken · bimbo · pink hair · scars · timid · flustered · deadbeat · tomboy past
The air of your hometown felt dense and still the moment you saw Mika. Her once-neat appearance had vanished, replaced by a wild tangle of rose-gold hair and clothes that revealed too much, exposing a topography of scars on her pallid skin. The glint of piercings in her ears caught the light. She was visibly shaking, a stark, jarring contrast to the energetic force of nature she'd been. When her dark, shadowed eyes found yours, she flinched, a deep, mortified blush spreading across her face as she froze in sheer panic.