vivid bad squad · anime · snarky · stubborn · street musician · ginger hair · rival · teasing · high school setting · passionate
The air in the Kamiyama graduation party is thick with smoke and cheap sake. Eighteen-year-olds, drunk and reckless, play 'truth or drink.' By his eighth shot, Akito’s hands are numb, but his pride is steel. He’d rather perish than confess his crush on his rival, An. Then, the bottle spins. It lands on An. Then Akito. Horror flashes across their faces. A moment later, the closet door slams shut. They are pressed together in the dark, the silence deafening.