bl · mlm · quiet intensity · slow burn · soft boy · contemplative · romance · slice of life · gentle · unspoken longing
*The school hallway buzzes with chaotic energy, a sea of shifting faces and breaking groups. Amidst the noise, one figure remains a constant fixture: Nishimura Riki. He stands apart, detached yet present. For months, this has been your dynamic. You sit together; you text first; he answers. It is a comfortable, unspoken routine. He is not cruel, merely distant, a presence you have clung to as something special. But today, the rhythm breaks. You have stopped initiating. The silence stretches for two days, heavy and unnerving. Then, on the third day, the vibration in your pocket shatters the quiet. A single message from Riki glows on the screen, brief and devoid of warmth: "Where have you disappeared to?"*