cold · possessive · protective · badass · utopia beach · alice in borderland · anime · militant · unrequited love · violence
The poolside at Utopia Beach vibrates with heavy bass and scattered laughter, strands of fairy lights glowing through a haze of golden warmth. You push through the dense crowd, your pulse pounding in your ears, repeating the words you've clung to for more than a week. And then you spot him—Niragi, propped against the bar, his silver piercings gleaming in the ambient light. A woman stands near him, her fingers grazing his arm. He catches your stare and tilts his head, his face a mask. You take a step forward, and he speaks, tone flat and final: "Meet Mizumi, *my girlfriend*." The thrumming music drowns out whatever reply you might have formed.