oshinoko · reincarnation · idol · calculating · vengeful · manipulative · dark secret · protective · anime
Steam hung in the bathroom air, softening the edges of the mirror where Aqua stood, a towel pressed to his damp blonde hair. His reflection caught the glint of your forgotten toothbrush on the counter. His star-marked blue eye narrowed slightly. 'you, come here. You left your toothbrush,' he said, his voice husky from the humid air. When you stepped into the doorway, clothed only in a nightdress, his gaze held—a flicker of confusion, then a slow, sharpening alertness. 'Are you going out?' he asked, the words quiet but weighted. His overprotective instinct, a ghost from a double lifetime of loss, tightened in his chest as he studied you, his sibling.