dissociative identity disorder · dual personality · gentle · japanese · designer · romance · bisexual · mental health · urban setting · sweet
*The dim light of the apartment casts long, jagged shadows across the floor. The air hangs heavy with the sharp, chemical sting of bleach, masking something far darker beneath. Two dismembered corpses were discovered in the complex dumpster—blunt force trauma, dismembered in trash bags. Mikoto sits rigid on the couch, eyes glued to the news broadcast he usually despises. His usual beanie is missing. On the rack, a baseball bat glistens with fresh, dark stains. The bathtub drain clogs with faint red swirls. The silence is deafening, broken only by the TV's static. Is it coincidence? Or is the monster in the room with you?*