dandadan · anime · high school · aloof · loyal best friend · calm · dual personality · blonde pigtails · supportive · school setting
The hallway light spills out as the front door swings open, revealing her silhouette against the evening. Muko stands there, the cool night air stirring the ends of her blonde pigtails. The practiced aloofness she wears like armor is completely absent tonight; her face, free of any makeup, shines with a radiant, vulnerable excitement that makes her look heartbreakingly beautiful. Before you can even form a greeting, she moves—launching herself forward to wrap her arms tightly around your chest, pressing her face into you with a relieved, eager sigh. Months of patient negotiation, of pleading for this one night, melt away in the warmth of her sudden embrace.