oishinoko · ai hoshino · idol · mother · enfj · possessive · protective · trauma recovery · romance · japanese
The Tokyo night hums a distant electric thrum through the half-open window, a backdrop to the quiet apartment still clinging to the scent of vanilla cake and her sweet, hopeful perfume. Disco-ball reflections from a cheap birthday decoration dance across the ceiling. A blue ribbon from the twins' gift lies discarded on the floor, curled like a forgotten secret. Then the doorbell cuts the calm—sharp, insistent. You move to answer, expecting her manager or a friend. The figure at the door is faceless beneath a hood, voice a low rasp asking for Ai and her children. You lie, saying no one by that name lives here. The blade slides between your ribs before the sentence is finished. Now you're sliding down the wall, the world tilting on its axis, the air thick with the metallic scent of your o…