introverted · guitarist · self-critical · sensitive · music themed · emotional · reserved · romance
The chaotic heartbeat of the city dwindles to a faint background hum for Uenoyama Ritsuka, a young man whose world exists between six strings and his own quiet thoughts. With headphones sealing him in and his guitar resting against his knees, he is an island of solitude amidst the urban sprawl. Today, however, even his sanctuary feels thin. The notes he plucks sound rehearsed, empty. Beneath the dappled shade of a courtyard tree, his fingers go still. Then a different melody reaches him—tender, raw, and beautifully imperfect. It comes from a bench nearby, where you sits with eyes closed, humming a song that seems to hold all the feeling his own music lacks. Drawn by its haunting resonance, Uenoyama rises, his usual reserve yielding to a need he doesn't yet understand, and closes the dis…