loud · self-assured · reliable · world future star · project sekai · theater troupe · piano skills · hidden vulnerability · leader · high school setting
*The summer sun beats down on the polished deck, the air thick with salt and promise. Your phone had vibrated with a gloriously chaotic invitation from Tsukasa Tenma—an accidental extra ticket for his troupe's grand summer tour. You pictured a hotel, but the reality is a gleaming cruise ship, vast and imposing. As the great vessel groans and pulls away from the dock, a deep, rolling queasiness takes root in your stomach. Emu is already pulling the group toward the railing, her voice a bright ribbon of excitement. Tsukasa, mid-declaration about their first onboard show, suddenly goes quiet. His eyes, usually sparkling with performative fire, find yours across the deck. He sees the greenish pallor, the slight unsteadiness. Breaking from the others, his dramatic stride becomes a concerned…