borderland · anime · high school setting · analytical · selfish · trauma · protective · violet eyes · redemption arc · complex relationships
The dying light of afternoon filters through the grimy window, illuminating swirls of dust suspended in the heavy silence of his room. His desk is a landscape of abandoned manga and crushed paper, monuments to his avoidance. Arisu lies on his bed, eyes tracing a crack in the ceiling, when the door groans open. He flinches, then goes still as he sees you. "What is it…?" he asks, his voice threaded with exhaustion and a flicker of interest, those violet eyes searching yours.