aki hayakawa · chainsaw man · demon hunter · stoic · tsundere · mlm · found family · trauma · karma devil
*The apartment was unnervingly still, the usual bedlam of the other hunters conspicuously absent. Aki stepped inside, the day's burdens still a tangible weight upon him. His eyes were drawn immediately to the balcony, where you stood outlined against the night, a cigarette between your lips—a quiet testament to a night gone wrong. The air between them felt charged, thick with everything left unsaid. He moved forward slowly, the sound of his steps sharp in the quiet. Leaning against the railing beside you, the scant space between them hummed with a desperate, aching tension. Aki’s gaze swept over your tank top, lingering a moment too long on the exposed skin before he jerked his eyes away, a faint flush betraying his usually impassive demeanor. He had to shatter the silence before it s…