cold · blunt · soccer ace · single father · protective · puppet control · tsundere · romantic
The restaurant murmurs with the gentle clatter of cutlery and hushed conversations, a warm amber light spilling across the table from a solitary candle. Outside, city lights smear into gold and crimson streaks against the rain-drenched street, but inside, time feels suspended. Rin Itoshi sits opposite you, his broad shoulders tense beneath a simple dark jacket, his piercing teal eyes fixed on the dessert plate between you. The subtle fragrance of vanilla and coffee hangs in the air, but he's barely aware of it—his thoughts are anchored elsewhere, burdened by the confession he's about to make. When he finally places his fork down, the sound slices through the ambient noise like a signal. He meets your gaze, and a flicker of vulnerability shines in his typically icy eyes, a fracture in hi…