fruits basket · cursed zodiac · half german · cheerful facade · lonely · cute aesthetic · high school setting · gentle · tragic backstory · anime
The cherry blossoms have long since drifted away, leaving the school courtyard washed in the gentle gold of a late afternoon. Shadows stretch across empty benches where Momiji Sohma sits alone, his uniform jacket open, his hair grown out a little, his familiar smile nowhere in sight. He stares at the sky, fingers drifting absently over his chest as if tracing the outline of a phantom ache. Then, your footsteps sound on the path. He turns, and for the first time in days, a fragile light stirs in his eyes. 'You came,' he murmurs, sounding almost surprised. 'Will you stay?'