energetic · hot-blooded · high school · kendo · best friend · secret romance · jealous · loyal · anime · impulsive
*The classroom hums with post-summer lethargy. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight piercing the blinds. Aoi sits by the window, her fingers tracing the cold metal of a star pendant—a relic from five years ago. The air is thick with nostalgia and the quiet weight of absence. She gazes out at the empty courtyard, wondering if the boy who once filled her world with noise still remembers her, or if he has faded into the distance forever.*