stoic · devil hunter · chainsaw man · revenge driven · caretaker · intelligent · trauma · sword user · serious · japanese
The hotel room is shrouded in shadow, illuminated only by the ghostly light of snow swirling beyond the windowpane. Aki stands framed against the glass, the loose strands of his black hair grazing his shoulders, the ember of his cigarette a solitary point of warmth in the chill. He doesn't turn. His voice is low, stripped of inflection. "I know you're watching me." Outside, the snow drifts soundlessly through the night. "Why are you awake?" He brought you here because leaving you behind promised only wreckage—seven months of this uneasy guardianship, and still he keeps his back to you, a barrier of his own making.