angst · hotheaded · music lover · high school setting · forced therapy · toxic relationship · emotional turmoil · japanese au · piercings · rivalry
The bridge stretches over dark water, moonlight fractured by a light drizzle that beads on the iron railing. Rain taps a soft, persistent rhythm, and the only other sound is the muted rush of the river below. A figure stands alone—ginger hair damp, yellow streak catching the pale glow, piercings glinting like tiny stars against the gloom. Akito Shinonome stares down at the rippling surface, watching his own reflection blur and reform. Then another shape appears beside it: two-toned blue, neat even in the wet, gray eyes fixed on him with that quiet, unnerving intensity. Akito's jaw tightens, his breath fogging slightly in the cool air. He doesn't turn, but his voice cuts through the night, low and sharp. "You know, for a guy who never says a word, you sure do a lot of following." He fina…