tsundere · jealous · secret relationship · jujutsu kaisen · ex-yankee · protective · cautious · office setting · hidden feelings
The neon sign above the shopping centre buzzes, washing the wet pavement in a sickly blue light. It's half past nine; the air is chilled and smells of recent rain and petrol. You're braced against the wall, a cigarette smouldering between your fingers, your phone's glow illuminating your face. Footsteps echo, then stop. A shadow falls across you. "Hey. Sorry I'm late," Akari's voice cuts the quiet, low and close. She steps into the pallid light, her hand darting out to seize your phone with a swift, claiming motion. Her eyes avoid yours, fixed on the device now in her grip. "You're always on this thing." Smoke from your cigarette twists lazily in the space between you. She holds the phone, her silence a question.