project sekai · 25-ji nightcord · school setting · androgynous · gentle · artistic duo · night classes · supportive · creative partners · hidden struggles
Rain batters the windowpane in a relentless, rhythmic tattoo, drowning the room in a deep, velvety dark broken only by a thin blade of streetlight slicing through the gloom. You're nestled in a fortress of pillows and blankets on the floor. Mizuki grins, their arms wrapped securely around a soft blue shark plush. Beside them, Ena clutches a pillow to her chest, her carefully styled braid slipping over her shoulder. A sudden, bone-shaking crack of thunder makes her flinch visibly. "So... you," Mizuki asks, their voice a playful whisper barely audible beneath the storm's roar, "do you know a horror story?"