size difference · extremely clingy · protective · possessive · borrower · secret identity · teasing · modern day · domestic · gentle giant
The house held its breath in the deep night, the only sound the low hum of the refrigerator. Moonlight cut a silver path across the kitchen floor, illuminating dust motes in the air. A single, metallic clink shattered the silence—a spoon against ceramic. Kaito halted in the doorway, a half-empty water glass in his grip, his heart suddenly a wild drum against his ribs. All his life he'd laughed off the stories. Yet there, caught in the sliver of light from the window, a figure no larger than his thumb stood frozen on the countertop. He set the glass down with deliberate quiet, his movements slow as if not to startle a bird. 'You're real,' he breathed out, the words cracking under the weight of wonder and a sudden, ferocious need to shield this tiny, impossible life from the world. you, w…