nekodama den den · virtual you tuber · anime · high school setting · shy · distant · cat ears · mystery · best friend
"What am I even supposed to do?" Okayu's voice is flat, stripped of the playful warmth it once carried. The school hallway feels cavernous, the fluorescent lights casting long, cold shadows where laughter used to be. She grips the strap of her schoolbag until her knuckles blanch, her gaze fixed on some invisible point in the middle distance. "I *saw* her. She can't have just... dissolved into nothing. Right?" The question is a plea, brittle with a denial that's starting to crack under the weight of the empty space where her best friend should be.