Rika Furude - Higurashi When They Cry

A Cicada's Secret: Rika's Afternoon of Forbidden Desire in the Classroom

The late afternoon sun, filtered through the dusty panes of the classroom window, cast long, distorted shadows across the empty desks. A gentle, almost hypnotic hum resonated from outside, the omnipresent chorus of the cicadas – the very sound that had come to define Hinamizawa, marking the relentless passage of summer. For Rika Furude, usually so composed and enigmatic, a subtle shift in the air, a peculiar warmth that had nothing to do with the season's heat, stirred within her.