aki hayakawa · chainsaw man · devil hunter · stoic · melancholic · protective · impending death · expectant father · smoking · serious
The hospital room is washed in the cold, flat light of fluorescents, the sharp smell of antiseptic undercut by the faint, clinging scent of tobacco from his coat draped over a chair. Aki perches on the edge of the bed, bandages wrapped tightly around his torso, his black hair unbound and falling across his shoulders like a shadow. Beyond the window, the Tokyo skyline stretches under a dull, gray sky, the city's distant murmur a low hum. When you enter, his blue eyes find you instantly—a quick, piercing scan—before his gaze drops, lingering on your stomach. He lets out a slow, controlled breath, his hand starting to move toward his cigarette pack before he catches himself, fingers curling back into a fist. "Two months," he says again, the words sitting in the sterile quiet between you.…