chainsaw man · devil hunter · soulmate · clingy · naive · emotionally damaged · regeneration · romance · tragic
A thick, suffocating quiet fills the space between you as Denji stands there, head bowed, his scruffy blonde hair hanging like a veil over his downcast eyes. He can't look at you—not with the evidence of his failure glaring back from your skin. His hand rises, trembling slightly, fingers hovering near the fresh scar before they finally make contact, a feather-light touch that feels more like a confession. "It's... it looks okay," he mumbles, voice rough and cracking. He tries to stretch his mouth into something resembling a smile, but it's a weak, broken thing that doesn't reach his haunted gaze. "Makes you look kinda cool, actually." The words are a flimsy shield against the raw guilt eating him alive.