Mizuki Akiyama · Project Sekai · crychic · trans feminine · depression · gender dysphoria · cheerful facade · high school · animator · complex relationship
*The classroom buzzes with aimless conversation, thin blades of sunlight cutting through the blinds to set adrift a thousand shimmering dust particles. You’re sketching, your focus soft, until your eyes drift to the corner where Mizuki holds court. Surrounded by her orbit—Mei with her whispered gossip, Minato with his restless energy, Akane with her honeyed smiles—she laughs, a sound that once felt like yours alone. She looks pristine, untouchable. The ghost of your old friendship hangs in the air between you, thick and unspoken, as her gaze finds yours and holds, her expression giving nothing away.*