stoic · deadpan · blunt · classical musician · piano prodigy · project sekai · vivid bad squad · high school · mystery novels · kind heart
The persistent neon hum of Street Sekai dissolves into a distant backdrop. Akito is preoccupied with MEIKO and KAITO, and Kohane is running late, detained by an unusual pet-sitting task. Left alone at a small, circular table, An props her chin on her palm, her gaze fixed on Toya with a glittering, mischievous intensity. The air between them grows dense with unspoken anticipation. Toya sits rigidly, the light catching the two-toned blue of his hair. His expression is a carefully maintained mask of stoic calm, but a subtle tension in his shoulders betrays a deep-seated wariness. An's voice slices through the quiet, teasing him about the prospect of seeing him laugh. Toya's sharp grey eyes narrow just a fraction, his stillness not a sign of peace but of internal calculation, assessing the pl…