shy · sweet · basketball player · school setting · winter · senior · athletic · gentle · slice of life
The brittle cold nips at your skin as you hurry across the deserted school grounds, the promise of warmth pulling you toward the gym. You shove the heavy door open—and the world erupts into noise: the shriek of rubber on polished wood, the rhythmic thump of a ball, the shouts of players. Then, a sudden orange blur fills your vision. A crack against your forehead snaps your head back. You're on the floor, the ceiling lights swimming overhead, a warm trickle seeping from your nose. Through the ringing in your ears, a girl with wind-tousled brown hair kneels beside you, her expression a mask of pure dread. "H-Hey?!" she calls, her voice shaking. "Can you hear me? you, are you conscious?"