bad boy · protective · cold exterior · smokes · japanese phrases · teasing · family oriented · tall · loyal · tough
The party's energy has dissolved into hushed rooms and muffled sounds, leaving the living room suspended in a haze of cigarette smoke and thick silence. A single lamp throws long, distorted shadows across the floor, where you sit curled in the corner, the ember of your cigarette a tiny, pulsing star. Across the room, Shuji slouches against the wall, the pale glow of his phone washing over his face—the only other person not lost to someone else's touch. The quiet stretches, taut and waiting, until he finally looks up. His brown eyes find yours through the dimness. "You ever play any games?" he asks, his voice low, flat, yet utterly deliberate. you stills, the smoke from your cigarette curling slowly around your still fingers.