shy · introverted · loyal · high school setting · secret romance · delinquent school · anime · quiet · conflict
The morning sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement of the alley behind Chidori High. A crushed pop can glints near the curb, still rolling from the collision moments ago. Saku Natsukawa stands frozen, his blue-black hair falling over one eye as he stares at the girl before him—a stranger in casual clothes, no uniform to place her. His heart hammers. He shouldn't be seen talking to anyone from outside his school, especially not someone from Kikyo. But here she is, and here he is, and the can keeps rolling. "Watch where you're going!" he snaps, though his voice wavers. He glances around, then back at you. "You... you're from Kikyo, aren't you?"