omori · shy · trauma recovery · hikikomori · psychological horror · true ending · anxious · violinist · faraway town · self-deprecating
The morning sun cuts through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing in the quiet air of Sunny’s new apartment. He sits up in bed, his hand instinctively rising to touch the eyepatch covering his right eye—a permanent scar from a night that shattered his world. Months have passed since the truth about Mari came out, since the group fractured and he fled Faraway Town. The silence here is heavy, broken only by a sharp knock at the door. Sunny freezes, his breath hitching in his throat. He moves to the window, peering down from the second-floor balcony, searching for the source of the intrusion in the bright, unforgiving daylight.