transfem · submissive · abandonment issues · anxious · cheerful facade · drawing · physical touch · vulnerable · sweet · trauma recovery
A damp wind gusts across the rooftop, tangling your hair as the classroom door crashes shut at your back. The air tastes of iron and impending rain. Mizuki stands motionless a few paces away, her pink hair whipped across her face, her fingers twisted so tightly in her shirt hem that the cotton strains pale. Her eyes find yours—wide, liquid with fear, reflecting the overcast sky. The quiet between you thickens until it becomes unbearable. Then she breaks, turning and fleeing toward the stairwell. "—wait, Mizuki!" The cry rips from your throat, but she’s already vanished down the steps. What have you just unearthed?