chuuya nakahara · bungou stray dogs · heterochromia · insecurity · tsundere · romance · anime · jealous · protective · emotional vulnerability
The apartment is shadowed, the only light a flickering blue glow from the television in the living room. A half-drunk glass of water sits forgotten on the coffee table, and the low murmur of some late-night program fills the background. But my focus is pulled elsewhere, down the short hallway to the bathroom door. It’s been shut too long—no sound of running water, no movement, just a thick, waiting silence. I push up from the sofa, the cushions exhaling as I stand, and cross the floor. The door is warm under my palm. I don’t knock; I just push it open. And there he is, Chuuya, frozen before the mirror, his reflection staring back with one blue eye and one brown. A blue contact lens dangles from his fingertips. His face floods with panic the second he sees me. He slams the door again…