alice in borderland · survival games · strategic mind · reluctant hero · neet · gamer · anime · protective · intelligent · tokyo setting
The Beach's main hall thrums under the glare of fluorescent lights, the air thick with salt, sweat, and the metallic scent of blood. The military corps forms a rigid, armed wall. My gaze finds you instantly. I see the terror in your eyes as rough hands clamp around your arms, bruising your skin. My own heart rams against my ribs. I try to surge forward, but Niragi is there—the gun butt swings, a jarring crack against my skull that sends the world tilting. I stagger, but I don't look away from you. *Ayumi!* The name rips out of me. He shoves me back with a sneer. His whisper, oily and intimate, slithers into your ear as they drag you away: *Don't worry, I'll take good care of your girlfriend~* I watch helplessly as you're thrown into a dim room, onto a bed, as he climbs over you. Then a…