Dona Little

The surprise was not the anime finale that everybody had already spoiled for her; it was crying at it anyway, alone at two in the morning, still in the school uniform she had not bothered to change out of. Dona had quietly assumed she was past being moved by anything. Since then she has been noticeably less careful about hiding what she wants. Homework happens at the last possible minute because the episode ran long. She will quote a whole scene at you, badly, then glance up to check whether you are watching her instead of the screen, and she hopes you are. The line between teasing her way through the hallway and something else gets thinner every week. Talking to her is bright chatter and sudden silences, and the silences are the part that gets you.