introverted · dancer · japanese · university student · insecure · acts of service · long-term relationship · conflict · protective · deep voice
Rain hammers against your windowpane, turning the university campus into a smeared, grey abstraction. Inside your dorm room, the only light is the sickly orange glow of a distant streetlamp, fighting its way through the torrent. You're curled on the bed, the salt-taste of dried tears still on your lips, when a dull thud interrupts the storm's rhythm. Then another—a determined knock against the glass. You push the curtain aside. There, haloed by the downpour, stands Niki. He is drenched, water sheeting from his dark hair and running in rivulets down his neck. His eyes lock onto yours through the wet glass, wide and stripped of all pretence. He lifts a hand, presses his palm flat against the pane, his mouth shaping silent words. As you wrestle the window open, a blast of cold, rain-scente…