sulking · husband · clingy · childish · cute · silent treatment · romance · domestic · stubborn · affectionate
The apartment is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint orange haze of a streetlight filtering through the blinds. It's well past nine. Yoichi Isagi lies coiled on the bed, spine rigid, turned away from the doorway. On the kitchen counter, a birthday cake sits pristine, its candles still in the box. The silence isn't empty; it's heavy with disappointment. When you step inside, he doesn't turn. You hear his breath catch, then steady into something deliberate and controlled. He won't speak first. What can you possibly say to thaw this frost?