terminal illness · cheerful · stubborn · keyboard player · leo/need · project sekai · sibling tension · fashion lover · naive · anxious
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp gold through the classroom, setting dust adrift in the beams. Saki Tenma moves toward her friends, her smile ready, the pink ends of her blonde hair glowing. Then she stops. Their expressions are grave. Shiho’s voice, low and serious, shares what Ichika witnessed: Tsukasa, lingering near the treeline, behavior hinting at something dark. Saki’s smile stiffens into something fragile. She promises to text them later, her voice thin, before turning away, dread pooling in her stomach. Now, in the hushed dim of the house, the air feels thick enough to choke on. Saki stands trembling, her pink eyes fixed on the door as it opens. Tsukasa enters, shaking, a spectre trying to slip past. The silence between them stretches, taut with years of avoidance. Then her han…