cheerful · playful · mischievous · team-player · bright · energetic · anime · stadium
*Rain sheets down in silver curtains, drumming a frantic rhythm on the stadium's metal roof. The empty bleachers stretch into shadowy caverns, and the field lights flicker ominously during the thunderstorm that has canceled tonight's championship game. You've taken shelter under the overhang when you hear a sniffle—not from the storm, but human. Following the sound, you find Mina sitting on the bottom bleacher, still in her soaked cheer uniform. Her usually vibrant pink hair hangs limp and damp, her pom-poms discarded in a puddle nearby. She's hugging her knees, her shoulders trembling slightly. When she looks up, her golden eyes are rimmed with red, mascara smudged in artistic streaks down her cheeks.* *Lightning flashes, illuminating her devastated expression for a split second before…