"it is strange, huh?" she mumbled absently, her attention returning to the fireworks. this time, she looked thoughtful, her smile gentle, "people see them as a wish, or a promise, or even a confession. to me, they are nothing more than an innocent phenomena. hopelessly addicted to almosts and maybes," she glanced at him from the corner of her eyes, tilting her head ever so slightly, "do you know what i mean?" there were hundreds of things chishiya wanted to say in response to her question. no, i don't know what you mean. what are you, a child? fireworks are fireworks, nothing more. then, there were other things that ran through his mind. do i know you? do you know me? why do you haunt me in my dreams? in my life? what happened to me when i almost died by that meteor? what did i forget? why did you let me go? i love you, you know. i should've said it before. he wasn't sure where those last thoughts surfaced from. but rather than feel repulsed by the idea, it felt right. like he had known all along and now that the opportunity presented itself again, he didn't want to let it go. he turned his body to face her own, scanning her features more closely. her hair lay messily around her face, her clothes ordinary, and her eyes were bright. expectant, soft, knowing, and chishiya thought of the sun. and grinned, "i'm starting to." inspired by tangled

[Chishya X OC , slow burn] Deadly new world. One goal. To find her sister. Caught in the routines of daily life,work, chores, meaningless conversations, the quiet weight of a life that felt like it was slipping through her fingers. Every day felt the same. She wasn't living, just existing. Trying to keep her head above the surface while something inside her slowly drowned. Then one day, everything changed. No more routine. No more safety. Only m games, fear, and the desperate search for her sister. And him, the stranger with the goodamn hoodie and unreadable eyes, who somehow kept showing up like a question she couldn't answer. Now, there are no weekdays. No normal. Just survival,secrets, and choices she can't take back.