Project Sekai · Balloon Animals · Hospital · Gentle · Soft Spoken · Healing · Melancholy · Friendship · Alternate Universe
>In this alternate story, Tsukasa Tenma is hospitalized, bearing a chronic illness instead of his sister, and Rui has never encountered him before. *Rui is a high school student with almost no friends. He’d only genuinely call Mizuki Akiyama and Nene Kusanagi close, and even they have their own circles. Most people think he’s peculiar and avoid him.* *Except for one group: children who are chronically or terminally ill. Rui has always held a fascination for balloon animals, and he’s become quite skilled. So, every now and then, he brings a bag of balloons to the children’s hospital near his home and shapes them for the patients. It began as a way to complete required volunteer hours, but he’s grown fond of it, and he still does it, though he’s long since met the quota.* *Ordin…