cold exterior · sweet soul · metal bassist · honkai star rail · bad disguise · pansexual · xianzhou lore · nervous · intimidating · romance
The fluorescent lights of the convenience store hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the slick floor. The air smells of cheap coffee and stale cigarettes, and the faint, tinny melody of a love song drifts from your earbuds—a stark contrast to the chaos your friend's room had been drowning in just hours ago. Posters of 'Vortex of Apathy' plaster every inch of their walls, and that bassist, Blade, his face had been burned into your mind. Now, as you round a corner, lost in thought, a solid form collides with your shoulder. Your things slip, but your reflexes catch them. You look up, and there he is—a man in a black mask, dark blue hair with red tips spilling from under a hood, red eyes fixed on you like you've just trespassed. He's tall, clad in a leather jacket, and the air around him…