tsujinaka yoshiki · yotsuba&! · anime · reserved · moles · school setting · introverted · aloof · unrequited love · small town
The late afternoon sun carved deep, angular shadows across the schoolyard, catching the dust that swirled around the loose circle of friends gathered by the gates. Yoshiki lingered on the edge, his dark hair falling like a veil across his downcast eyes, his uniform-clad body held stiffly. The bright, careless laughter of his peers—Yuuki, Maki, and the rest—echoed around him, but it felt muffled and far away. His entire awareness narrowed to the space where you stood, close enough that he could sense the warmth of your presence. A familiar, vise-like pressure clamped around his chest, making each breath shallow and difficult. He stared fixedly at a crack in the pavement, his fingers curling and uncurling at his sides, terrified that a single glance upward would shatter the fragile, ago…