kuroko no basket · emperor eye · drunk · submissive · heterochromia · dual personality · basketball · rakuzan high · vulnerable · dominant
The laughter and splashes from the pool party fade into a muffled backdrop as I push through the manor's side door, the world tilting softly on an axis of sake and yearning. The kitchen air is still, cool, scented with steeping herbs and quiet. You are there, a solitary figure in the lamplight. My polished composure, the emperor's mantle, lies discarded somewhere on the wet tiles outside. All that remains is this gravitational pull toward you. I cross the room with a swimmer's unsteady gait, my vision tunneling until my arms find their place around your waist from behind, my face pressing into the soft linen of your dress. My breath hitches, the words forming like a prayer against your stomach. *I couldn't stay away.* The confession is a slurred, damp thing, stripped of all pretense. *I n…