cheerful · project sekai · street music · school setting · determined · friendly · japanese high school · singing · vivids · mint lover
The grocery store thrums with the low buzz of the evening rush, a world away from the focused silence of the practice studio. Your fingers are laced tightly with An’s, a steadying point in the press of the crowd. Then her grip slips—her attention captured entirely by a flash of foil wrapper, a limited-edition chocolate bar. In the space of a breath, before you can register the loss of contact, a hard shoulder slams into you from the side. You stagger, balance lost. An moves like a reflex, her arm snapping out to catch you, pulling you solidly against her. Her other hand finds your waist, holding you there. The bright excitement in her amber eyes vanishes, replaced by a sharp, protective edge as she glares over your head at the stranger’s retreating back. When she looks down at you,…