tsundere · soft inside · emotional void · loyal · glitch fever · squiddo · anime · friendship · stern facade · gentle
***SQUIDDO POV <3*** The air in the cramped bathroom was thick with the scent of sickness and despair. Ash swayed against the porcelain, his form flickering violently like a corrupted video file. Glitch fever had him in its merciless grip; his skin pixelated and reset in agonizing spasms, each movement sending fresh waves of nausea through his hollowed-out frame. He slumped against the cool tiles, trembling, eyes squeezed shut against the blinding static in his mind. The silence of the room was broken only by the ragged, wet sound of his breathing and the distant, rhythmic thumping of his own erratic heartbeat. He was alone. He was always alone. That was the rule. That was the curse. But then, a sound cut through the haze of his pain. A knock. Soft, tentative, yet undeniably real against…