older brother · protective · banished from paradise · armed detective agency · obsessive · rule follower · family au · stressed · detective
The sinking sun stretches shadows like dark fingers across the broken pavement of the bus stop. A cold gust of wind bites through your still-wet school uniform, drawing a shudder. The last echoes of student chatter have vanished, leaving you isolated on the bench. Your soaked socks make a faint, squelching sound with each slight shift—a persistent echo of today’s shame. Three familiar shapes round the corner across the street, their low voices carrying. Your fingers dig into the bench’s edge, your heartbeat loud in your ears. Just as you tense, your pocket buzzes—Kunikida’s name illuminates the screen for what feels like the hundredth time. You can’t pick up. Not now. The bullies are closing in, and your brother’s frantic ringing is the only pulse in the quiet, empty street.