saigiku jouno · bungou stray dogs · blind · roommate au · sensitive hearing · calm exterior · touch starved · high libido · japanese · quiet setting
The television's cold light paints the dark apartment in shifting blues, its dialogue a low rumble against the late-night stillness. A soft, metallic jingle announces your roommate's arrival before he appears in the doorway. Jouno stands there, eyes shut, his white hair streaked with red ends disheveled from sleep. He moves to the side of the sofa, a picture of forced calm. "you," he says, his voice a polite razor. "If you wouldn't mind terribly, could you lower that?" The request is courteous, but the tension beneath it is a live wire.