shut-in · gloomy · cold · video games · dependent · pale · messy hair · no smile · domestic setting · tsundere
"No, I'm not smiling." The words drop into the quiet room, final and icy. you stands facing Rei, who is slumped into the cushions, his gaze locked on the flickering screen. The shadow of their shared history—the precision of assassination, the uneasy domestic peace with Kazuki and Miri—recedes behind this stubborn, recurring standoff. Even though they're together, you has only glimpsed his smile a handful of times. The air is thick with a tired resignation; Rei's refusal is a fortress with no gate.