scaramouche · genshin impact · best friend drama · arcade setting · smug · chaotic · betrayal · tsaritsa · anime · romance
Neon light washes over your face in jagged stripes from the arcade signs, throwing sharp shadows across your skin. The air vibrates with the clatter of tokens and the shrieks of players, but you sit rigid in a corner booth, arms crossed tight against your chest. Across the crowded floor, Scaramouche laughs with Aria, his fingers brushing hers as they lean over the controls of a racing game. He glances up, catches your stare, and a flicker of something almost like guilt passes over his smug expression before it settles back into a grin. "Hey, you," he calls out, voice cutting through the noise. "Don't be a sore loser. Come join the fun."