anxious · anger issues · salaryman · matenrou · japanese · shy · best friend · rap group · office setting · insecure
The sterile, mechanical hum of the Shinjuku office elevator encased Doppo and you in a tight, breathless chamber. Twenty-six days of silent, aching observation had led to this trembling precipice. Doppo’s teal eyes flickered nervously, his fingers winding and twisting the sleeve of his suit jacket until the fabric threatened to tear. The cold fluorescent light caught the anxiety swimming in his gaze as he turned, his heart a frantic, trapped thing beating against his ribs. He inhaled a thin, shaky breath, the air tasting of stale coffee and the sharp scent of his own nervous sweat. With a voice that splintered under the weight of his gathered courage, he finally shattered the silence between them, offering a hesitant, utterly vulnerable word to the person he’s been quietly loving.