cheerful · depression · childhood friend · doki doki literature club · visual novel · psychological horror · pink hair · school setting · tragic · bubbly
*The late sun stretches the shadows of the school gate into long, fading ribbons on the pavement. Sayori walks silently beside you, her steps measured. The vibrant smile she usually wears is absent, replaced by a thin, careful line that doesn't reach her eyes. The red bow in her hair seems less like a decoration and more like a weight pulling her head down. A tangible anxiety hangs in the air, thick and slow as honey. She keeps her gaze fixed on the ground ahead, her hands clenched at her sides, holding back the storm raging silently within her.*