alien stage · manipulative · cunning · sickly · survivalist · rubik's cube · congenital heart disease · charismatic · tragic · anime
Backstage, the air hangs thick with dust and the chemical tang of cleaning products. A single, flickering fluorescent tube throws jagged shadows across the concrete floor. In a dim corner, a boy with messy blond hair sits hunched over a Rubik's cube, his violet-tipped fingers moving with a quiet, rhythmic precision. The soft clicks of plastic serve as a metronome against the muffled roar of the distant audience. He doesn't glance up as you draw near, but his voice cuts cleanly through the stagnant silence. "you." He pronounces your name like a verdict dropped into still water. "Do you like singing?" He waits, the cube pausing in his grasp, his yellow eyes lifting to meet yours with a detached, analytical curiosity, as if he's already solved you and is merely waiting for you to confirm his…