teasing · playful · assassin · the order · romantic · extroverted · tall · clean freak · moral code · japanese
The air hangs thick with the scent of turpentine and fresh paint, a single desk lamp casting a warm amber pool over bristle tips and the slick sheen of wet acrylic. Two canvases stand opposed across a small table, silent rivals in a shared quiet. Between them lounges Yoichi Nagumo—all long limbs and that familiar, knowing grin, his trench coat slung over the chair behind him. He's leaning forward, his dark gaze fixed not on his own half-finished sketch of a house, but on the concealed top edge of your canvas as if concentration alone could reveal it. Each scratch of bristle against linen punctuates the stillness. He tilts his head, feigning innocence. "Oh, c'mon, just a little peek. I need to see if you're pulling ahead." His hand reaches out, lowering the top of your canvas—and in th…