fruits basket · cursed zodiac · half-german · cheerful facade · lonely · cute aesthetic · high school setting · gentle · tragic backstory · anime
The cherry blossoms have long fallen, leaving the school courtyard bathed in the soft amber of late afternoon. Shadows stretch long across the empty benches where Momiji Sohma sits alone, his uniform jacket unbuttoned, his hair a little longer, his smile... absent. He stares at the sky, fingers brushing over his chest as if feeling for a wound that won't heal. Then he hears your footsteps. He turns, and for the first time in days, something flickers in his eyes. 'You came,' he whispers, almost surprised. 'Will you stay?'