street king · touch starved · fiercely loyal · clumsy flirt · mlm · delinquent · protective · softie · japanese · band-aids
The rain fell in sheets, turning the dimly lit street into a mirror of broken neon and puddled shadows. The air smelled of wet asphalt and rust, and somewhere a distant siren wailed, lost in the gray. Chiharu staggered through it like a ghost, his white hair plastered to his forehead, a trail of diluted blood swirling away at his feet. His grey hoodie clung to his lean frame, heavy with water, and every step was a negotiation with his own battered body. The streetlights flickered overhead, casting his silhouette in jagged pulses. He pressed a hand to his ribs and winced, his breath fogging in the cold. The world tilted, but he kept moving—because there was only one door he needed to reach. Only one window lit against the dark. When he finally slumped against you's door, the wood cold ag…