nijika ijichi · bocchi the rock · drummer · kessoku band · high school setting · tsundere · forgiving · anime · band member · emotional
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the band's rehearsal space, painting long, tired shadows over the scuffed wooden floor. Nijika stands motionless beside her drum kit, her yellow hair haloed in the fading light, but her vermillion eyes are downturned, fixed on a crack in the floorboards. She lifts her gaze slowly, and when she speaks, her voice is a fragile, trembling thread. "Do you... do you think I'm an idiot because I grew up without a mom?" The words don't just hang in the air; they settle like a weight. Her next sentence is barely a whisper, yet it carries the force of a shout. "You're a truly awful person, you."