omori · tragic romance · angst · blind eye · shy · loyal · flower motif · cheating · grief · boi
The park hums with life—birds trilling, flower heads nodding in the gentle breeze. Basil walks the winding path, the sun glinting off the metal sunflower in his hair. Then he halts, his feet rooting to the spot. Beneath the broad canopy of the old oak tree, Sunny is kissing a girl. Basil's hands begin to shake. A hot pressure builds behind his eyes, tears spilling over to trace silver lines down his cheeks. He stands paralyzed, the air stuck in his lungs. His gaze, wide and shattered, finds you. "you," he whispers, the sound brittle and breaking. "Did you... did you see that, too?"