#oc. hishikawa yaeko

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the 'you' i still love (and will continue to love) | yaeshou

"shou!" across the gymnasium, a voice of enthusiasm from the endless chattering of the crowds ringed in his ears. he turns, meeting gazes with a certain classmate fiddling with the long sleeves of her toga.

"yae," he responds, immediately lighting up as she quickly approaches. as she drew closer, he could spot a trace of anxiety flashing in her eyes-- and the way her hands trembled ever so slightly did not go unnoticed.

if it was anybody else, shouta would have simply ignored it. but hishikawa yaeko wasn't just 'anybody'.

and so his brows furrow, a questioning frown forming on his face at the sight. "what happened?" his words leak with concern.

alerted, yaeko's demeanour stuttered and immediately shifted to one of bashfulness, as if she was masking whatever emotion she had let out. "no- nothing happened!" she forces an airy laugh out of her in an attempt to lighten the atmosphere. it came to be futile as how shouta quirks an eyebrow, silently urging her to come clean.

yaeko immediately felt herself shrink under his scrutiny; but beyond all odds, she had managed to muster a breath, as if carefully considering her next words. "i just... needed to tell you something."

oh, how the very same shouta who usually never seemed to give a care grew more and more curious by the second. he then tugs her by the forearm, making her follow him until they were in a secluded corner, separated from the hundreds of people crowding the venue.

"what is it that you wanted to tell me?" he asks, finally facing her. the girl in front of him hesitates, visibly faltering after realizing just how seriously he's treating this.

if only yaeko's eyes weren't glued to her feet, she could've caught how shouta's gaze impossibly softens with worry. he steps closer. "you can tell me anything, you know."

those very same words were the ones that have ignited a flame of bravery in yaeko. she takes a deep breath, head tilting upwards to meet him face to face.

it was truly now or never.

"i- i like you, hoshino shouta!"

it was a voice not too quiet, nor too loud for the people afar to hear.

"since we became classmates in our first year, i liked you; and i enjoyed every moment we spent together for these past three years. you're so smart and handsome and just-- just leagues ahead of me." countless words fell out of her mouth, like a neverending waterfall. "you don't know how much i admire you, shou."

people would say that it was odd for someone to develop an affection for someone so closed off and mysterious like shouta, but throughout these three years did he reveal sides of himself only yaeko could see.

it was these little things where she'd see the shouta who shares his lunch with her when she forgets to bring her own, the shouta who only ever says 'good morning' when it's to her, or the shouta who offers to share his notes with her despite them being in an academic rivalry with each other.

it's the way how he cared for her in these subtle ways that had yaeko fall for him even more. all of this pining had culminated into a confession by the end of their highschool days, the latter not bearing to harbour these feelings in secret anymore.

the words she uttered held a trace of hope; that maybe, just maybe shouta felt the same way.

(...)

huh.

an underlying tension quickly formed in the atmosphere, similar to how yaeko's uneasiness started to rise at that very same moment.

she shuts her eyes, still anticipating a response from the boy she's liked-- no, loved for three years.

(...)

silence.

yaeko's heart drops.

as much as she'd rather go blind forever, the ravenette slowly opens her eyes. she was met with the sight of shouta, looking much more distressed than he did the last time she spoke.

his gaze was turned downcast, and his lack of response told yaeko all she didn't want to know.

oh.

maybe confessing wasn't a good idea after all.

of course someone of shouta's level would turn down someone average like her.

"i'm sorry-- i'm sorry i," before the world could take a turn for the worse, yaeko follows her words up, taking several steps backward and away from him. her voice cracked at the final syllable; and she could almost feel the tears prick her eyes. "i shouldn't have said that. i'll just go."

'i'll just go to save you the embarrassment of rejecting me.'

was she stupid for feeling this way? was it the right decision to tell him? the fresh tear in her heart yearns for answers; but all it felt in the meantime was emptiness.

"wait."

just as shouta reached out for her, yaeko was already gone, lost within the sea of people once more.

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yoru, yuurichi and yaeko have all had bowlcuts at one point

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friend...? | hishikawas + (implied) yaeshou

"a friend's gonna be visiting today," yaeko remarks, taking a seat on the living room couch.

"oh, lor? 'sfine," replies yuri, who was idly scrolling on his phone as he laid on the other side. "tell'er we'll be ordering takeout for dinner. what should we get?"

the youngest shakes her head, biting the inside of her cheek. "it's not lor."

"anzu?"

"...no."

the middle child's lax expression soon contorted into one of mild bewilderment, finally peeking over his phone to stare at his sister. "who exactly is comin' over?" he raises an eyebrow. yaeko opens her mouth to speak, but quickly shuts it with hesitation.

after a brief moment of silence, a smirk soon ghosts his lips. "oh, i know. you got a boyfriend, do ya?"

hah?

yaeko's eyes widen in fluster as she frantically shakes her head. "no, no!" she whines and hits his shoulder, earning a cackle from her brother. "he'll only be here for a short while, it's not like tha--"

"hol'on." he sits up, quickly cutting her protest, the once teasing sparkle in his eyes dimming. "'he'?"

another short-lived moment with no words exchanged.

"…nii-chan, listen--"

"'he'? as in a DUDE?"

"you're literally a guy yourself."

"yeah, but difference is i'm your brother and the ‘friend' is not!" he immediately retorts, dialing a number on his phone with visible distaste on his expression. yaeko only groans, her head in her hands.

"hello? zuki-nii? c'mere now. someone wants our sister."

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oc list

bold = i write ab them most frequently

italics = not my oc

LUNAR

masami hanasaki 鼻先雅美

kaede sugiyama 杉山楓

homare minamoto (leader) 源誉

erina tenshouin 天祥院えりな

AMAVI

beverleigh rosalia faulkner (leader) べヴァレイ・フォークナー

aika suzuki 鈴木愛花

elysium

daisuke seishiro (leader) 誠士郎大輔

kensho ono 小野賢章

yuki moritsuki 森月雪

NXX

kichiro fujiwara 藤原吉路

daisuke seishiro 誠士郎大輔

yuki moritsuki 森月雪

jiro tachibana 立花次郎

beverleigh rosalia faulkner べヴァレイ・フォークナー

rêveuse

LYOИ

mayari miyazono / akira seishiro 誠士郎秋来

kaguya ono 小野かぐや

HOR/ZON

kei nezumi (leader) 鼠蛍

ana watanabe 渡辺アナ

kira mirai 未来キラ

luna kagiura 鍵裏るな

KanoMeiYo

KANON / nao watanabe 渡辺ナオ

MEIKYUU めいきゅう / miko kobayashi 小林ミコ

CHIYO 千世 / senna miyazawa 宮沢船内

STAFF

anzu あんず

tsubaki ando 安堵椿

lorelei rosen ローレライ • ローゼン

OTHERS

yaeko hishikawa 菱川八重子

OTHER UNIVERSES/FANDOMS

haruka kawasaki

harith

arabella / lucy claudonia

everly cheshire

elris rendell

esuela bourgeois / cao jiewei