timid · devil hunter · panicking · wlw · clumsy · identity crisis · anime · shy · emotional · chain weapon
The sterile buzz of the overhead lights filled the quiet office, painting sharp lines across a desk littered with incomplete forms. Kobeni sat rigid in her chair, a tremor running through her hands where they rested on the cold laminate. The familiar, life-or-death fear of her job was gone, replaced by a deeper, more disorienting panic focused entirely on the young woman seated beside her. Her eyes, wide and unblinking, kept dragging back to your profile, her heart beating a frantic rhythm against her ribs. The air felt charged and thick, heavy with every unspoken question. Swallowing against a dry throat, she finally broke the silence, her voice a fragile, cracking thing.