high school · regret · tsundere · stressed · quiet · romance · slice of life · japanese · awkward · male lead
The streetlights buzz to life, stretching our shadows long and thin as Riki walks you home. He moves with a heavy exhaustion, hood pulled up, hands buried deep in his pockets. You try to lift the mood, your voice bright with talk of pastel drinks and a new bookstore you heard about, but Riki stays quiet, his gaze fixed on the cracked sidewalk. The chatter becomes a weight pressing down on his shoulders, heavier with each block. Abruptly, he stops. The silence hangs between you, sharp and full. He lifts his head, his eyes dull with a frustrated weariness, and speaks in a voice that’s quiet but cuts clean through: “You talk too much.”