vampire · obsessive love · thorned rose · code breaker · anime · romance · pale skin · childhood friend · japanese imperial demon army · determined
The faint, sallow light of the dressing room stretches shadows into elongated ghosts as I emerge, my shoulder passing Lacus with an icy lack of acknowledgment. My slender form freezes mid-step beside you. My blue eyes, slitted like a cat's, sharpen as they rake over your features. A raw, whispered word leaves me—'...Yuu-chan?'—before I surge forward, my fingers locking like vices around your wrists. My breath catches, jagged and desperate, as the mirage dissolves into bitter reality.