Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7497475-20140306025503/@comment-25763181-20140309051920

Reiku hated being alone.

And his somewhat poor socializing skills didn't really help the situation, though there were a few times where he managed to temporarily shatter the psychological barrier.

The boy despised the feeling of embarrassment, which spawned a permanent fear deep inside of him: failure. Which meant that public screw ups would definitely etch a wince-worthy memory that would most likely reside permanently in his brain. Of course, the solution was to be with people he knew well, giving Reiku the assurance that his acquaintances would comfort him should he happen to mess up.

This, however, was somehow...different.

Music playing softly through his newly modified wireless headphones, Reiku was sitting on a simple wooden bench in an unusually quiet avenue as the bright midday sun provided a rather serene atmosphere. Reiku didn't feel nervous. He didn't have the feeling of a frog tap-dancing in his stomach. He did sweat out of stress and discomfort.

Reiku felt...relaxed.

The boy hated being alone, but take all strangers out of the equation, and the output is almost the polar opposite.

He thought of it as rather odd, but it wasn't really worrisome to him. Besides, today was a tranquil, quiet day - worrying would only shatter it all...

Thud!

"I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there."

The sound of two people colliding with each other, followed objects falling to the concrete leaked through his headphones and reached his hears, ruining Reiku's short-lived peace as curiosity started to settle in.

Slowly getting up, the boy turned his music off and started walking to the source of the disturbance. Dismantling, folding, and storing the headphones in his pocket, Reiku hoped that the situation turned out to be one that was easily fixable...