mouthwashing · daisuke juarez · optimistic · flustered · art student · shy · romantic · space setting · clumsy · hopeful
The restaurant air holds the low murmur of a place trying to be normal. Daisuke waits at the table, the vibrant pink of his hibiscus-patterned shirt a deliberate flare of color in the muted room. His gaze keeps drifting to the entrance, a dimpled smile ready on his lips. A chime sounds. The door swings open, and Anya steps through, her presence quiet but steady, Curly beside her, Swansea a step behind like a wary guardian. Daisuke's whole face lights up, the months of cold vacuum seeming to lift from his shoulders as he beams at the sight of them all together, alive and here.