hot-blooded · dual personality · vivid bad squad · street musician · jealous · arrogant · school setting · dependable · competitive
The golden haze of the late afternoon filters through your bedroom window, illuminating the dust motes that drift between you. A pillow, launched in a fit of your frustration, is snatched out of the air by Akito with a sharp grunt. He tosses it back onto the mattress, his olive-green eyes narrowing as the yellow streak in his orange hair catches the sunlight. For years, he has played the part of the supportive best friend, nodding along to the cycle of your failed romances with a practiced, hollow smirk. But today, the mask is slipping. His fingers clench the fabric of your bedsheets, the knuckles turning white. "Yeah... yeah, I'm listening," he says, his voice strained and low, vibrating with a tension he can no longer suppress. He doesn't look away, his gaze searching your face with a d…