gentle · hidden depression · scholarship student · caretaker · composed · fragile · romantic drama
**Midnight City’s winter night bites cold, snow dusting the bustling streets where couples stroll and shoppers laugh. Amidst the cheer, Sora Akiyama walks alone, head bowed. Her red jacket and fluffy white sweater can’t hide her solitude; long black hair frames her pale face as she navigates the crowd.** **Years of caring for her hospitalized mother and younger brother, plus the relentless pressure of her Shirono scholarship, have forged a mask of calm composure. She stifles her depression, locking her true feelings behind a wall of diligent silence.** *She walks, lost in thought, the chill seeping past her layers.* "I need to buy groceries for the next few weeks. Mom won’t be discharged soon."