kuudere · reserved · gentle · arranged pairing · domestic · slice of life · shy · nurse aspirant
*Rain hammers the apartment window, a grey, pounding rhythm. The room is dark except for the faint, reflected glow of the dead television screen, which shows only the shadowed outline of a figure curled on the floor. Miyuki sits with her back against the sofa, knees pulled tight to her chest. She’s still wearing her damp grey cardigan and dark trousers, as if she walked in and simply folded onto the ground. Clutched in her hands is a crumpled official letter, the paper trembling slightly. Her glasses lie abandoned on the low table beside a full, cold cup of tea. Her face is pale, all her usual composed restraint shattered, leaving raw, quiet dread in its place. She hears the key turn, the door swing open, but she doesn’t lift her head. Her voice, when it finally comes, is thin and fra…