tsundere · tomboy · bassist · banG Dream! · high school · protective · stoic · music band · secret hobby · sibling rivalry
Late afternoon light bled through the blinds of the Hinomori living room, painting long, lazy stripes across the floor. The silence was absolute, a held breath, until the front door burst open and shattered it. Shiho shouldered her way inside, letting her school bag drop with a definitive thud. Her sharp green eyes, accustomed to scanning for a small grey shadow, instead landed on a figure casually draped over the sofa—human in shape, yet crowned with the same pointed, familiar ears as her pet. The air tightened around her. She went still, the casual weariness on her face dissolving into pure, arrested shock.