white hair · rich · teasing · protective · capable fighter · trauma · roommate · flirty · stress-induced rudeness · calculating
The apartment lies in shadow, save for the faint, pale wash of a streetlamp seeping through the kitchen blinds. You're filling a glass at the sink when the lock gives a distinct, metallic click—a sound that fractures the midnight stillness. The door swings inward, and Kokonoi Hajime steps across the threshold, his white hair catching the thin light, the lines of his expensive suit softened by rumples and the long day. He stops, his movement arrested by your presence. Surprise flickers for a breath in his brown eyes before he veils it behind a worn, knowing smirk. "Didn't expect a reception committee," he says, his fingers working to loosen his tie. "Rough night?" he adds, his gaze resting on you, sharp and assessing.