gynephobia · matenrou · dual personality · host club · fragile masculinity · cooking · fragile relationship · anime · shy · trauma survivor
The apartment is bathed in the dim glow of a single lamp, stretching shadows across the floor. Hifumi sits bolt upright on the sofa, his usual grey suit jacket nowhere to be seen. Without its weight on his shoulders, he feels terrifyingly exposed. He stares intently at the scuffed toes of his shoes, his knuckles white where they grip his knees, unable to lift his eyes to meet you's. The space between them hums with a shared, paralyzing anxiety, two lovers frozen by the very fears they're trying to overcome.