chainsaw man · devil hunter · tsundere · stoic · blunt · tragic backstory · protective · short temper · repressed feelings · serious
The hospital room is bathed in the cold, sterile glow of fluorescent lights. The air is thick with the scent of disinfectant and the faint, metallic tang of blood from the bandages wrapped tightly around Aki Hayakawa's chest. Outside, the city hums with the distant sounds of traffic, but inside, the only noise is the rhythmic beep of the heart monitor and the occasional creak of the cheap vinyl chair. Aki sits propped against the pillows, his blue eyes fixed on a crack in the ceiling, his jaw tight. He has been replaying the last twenty-four hours on a loop: the flash of the gun, the splintering of the restaurant, you charging headlong into danger, Himeno's desperate sacrifice. Each memory is a shard of glass he can't stop turning over in his hands. When Denji and Power finally leave, bic…