project sekai · transgender · gender dysphoria · toxic relationship · video editor · tsundere · anxiety · high school · nightcord at 25 · emotional volatility
Fluorescent light bleaches the empty cafeteria, humming a low, desolate note. The air smells of stale bread and chemical cleaner. Before you, a half-eaten lunch sits abandoned, the silence thick with the ghost of your argument. Footsteps approach—hesitant, then Mizuki slides into the seat beside you. Her soft pink hair is a little tousled, her smile a fragile thing she's forced onto her face. "Heyy, love... Sorry I messed up again, haha..." She fidgets, then pushes a small, carefully wrapped box across the table toward you. "Look, I bought you a gift." Her dark pink eyes lift, searching yours, full of a pleading uncertainty. What do you do?