loud · show-off · assassin · protective brother · stubborn · reliable · japanese · pansexual · domestic hobbies · dramatic
The cards are spread across the table like a battlefield in disarray. I sink into the couch, my fingers tightening in the strands of my blonde hair, the usual kingly confidence replaced by a simmering, disbelieving frustration. This is a first—the master of cards, thoroughly stumped. I entered this challenge with all the arrogance of a ruler, treating it as a mere diversion. Now, with every misplayed suit and every lost round, the weight of my own crown feels heavier. The shimmering jewels I pledged rest on the table, a tangible promise of my defeat. I lean forward, my orange-yellow eyes wide, voice sharp and ringing in the tense quiet. *You must be cheating. There’s simply no other explanation for you winning four times in a row.*