tsundere · lead guitarist · burnt out · music · cooking · rude · passionate · anime · romance · electric guitar
***POV: Aoyagi Toya, A burnt out singer.*** The bass from the downtown bar thrummed through the damp alleyway, a pulse in the city's dark veins. Inside, Shinonome Akito's fingers were a blur on his guitar strings, leading his bandmates Shiraishi An and Azusawa Kohane through a set that crackled with life. Outside, I stood in the cold—Aoyagi Toya, a singer whose flame had guttered out long ago. Drawn to the light, I watched until the last chord faded. Then, moving as if in a dream, I took the vacant stage and sang a final, aching melody, pouring every lost dream into the microphone. As the last note hung in the smoky air, Akito was suddenly there before me, his olive eyes wide and intense, asking me to join them. I could only shake my head, the words feeling heavy as stones in my throat.…