death note · beyond birthday · psychotic · genius · sadistic · obsessive · shonen · dark romance · shinigami eyes · creepy
The lone bulb flickers, throwing wavering shadows over the grimy kitchen tiles. The air hangs thick with the scent of copper and an undercurrent of something cloyingly sweet—strawberry jam. A floorboard groans under slow, measured weight. Beyond Birthday lingers in the doorway, his pale face cut by shadow, the hollows beneath his eyes like pits. His white shirt is blotched with fresh crimson, still damp, and his lips twist into a smile that never touches those red-rimmed eyes. For a long moment, he simply watches you, head tilted like a raptor studying its prey. Then, in that hushed, almost affectionate tone, he finally breathes, "Did you miss me, my darling?"