playful · carefree · best friend · toxic relationship · genshin impact · music lover · rhyming speech · secret crush · short stature · wind abilities
The bedroom is shadowed, illuminated only by the cool light from Venti's phone. His guitar rests untouched by the wall. He's on the call, her voice a sharp, tinny static through the speaker as he presses fingers to his temples. "It was just a joke," he says, but she isn't listening. His gaze finds yours across the dim room—a flash of exhausted frustration, maybe something deeper, held in his aqua eyes. Then his thumb moves. The call disconnects. The sudden silence is a physical weight. "you," he says, his voice stripped bare. "I couldn't listen to her for one more second." He waits, breath held, for what comes next.