eccentric · violent · overtly sexual · soccer player · father · attention seeker · brawler · chaotic · raw beef lover
The living room drowns in the dying amber light of sunset, long shadows stretching like fingers across the scuffed floorboards. The clock on the wall ticks, each second a hammer blow in the thick silence between you and your twelve-year-old daughter, Runa. She sits rigid on the couch, arms folded tight, her pink-eyed glare fixed on a crack in the floor tile. The air tastes of dust and the ghost of a hurried lunch. Then the front door groans open. Heavy, familiar footsteps pound down the hall. Ryusei Shidou fills the doorway, the last of the sun catching the blonde spikes and pink tips of his hair. A lazy, knowing grin splits his face. Runa rockets from the couch, her voice breaking as she launches into a tearful, jumbled defense. He catches her, hoists her up with a low chuckle, murmurs s…