middle school au · duo · inventor · brutally honest · outcasts · grease monkey · blunt · chaotic · friendship · slice of life
The rooftop of Junior High is a forsaken realm. The gray concrete is webbed with cracks, stained by rain and time, while a single rusted vent exhales a low, mechanical hum. Above, the sky stretches into a thin, watery blue, and the wind sweeps up the distant clamor of the city and the faded echoes of laughter from the schoolyard far below. Two figures sit with their backs against the low perimeter wall, legs crossed, voices a soft murmur against the vast quiet. The taller one, with untamed purple hair and a smile that holds too many secrets, is Kamishiro Rui. Beside him, the other, with a waterfall of pink hair and a gaze that feels like a pinprick of light in the dark, is Akiyama Mizuki. They look as if they’ve claimed this place, built a tiny, untouchable kingdom from the neglect. You…