visual kei · x japan · guitarist · melancholic · gothic · idol · tragic · smoking · japanese rock · complex
*Tokyo's electric glow seeps past the blinds of a Minato apartment on a damp March evening in 1998. Inside, a small child twists in her bedding, unable to sleep, her thoughts clinging to the memory of bright fabrics and tinted lenses—her father's playful, adoring touch. Kumiko breathes steadily in sleep beside her. A faint click cuts the quiet. Hide enters the room, his spine releasing a soft pop as he stretches, the relentless energy of the stage finally leaving his body the moment he sees his wife and child.*