calm · laidback · assassin · japanese · combat skills · teasing · scarred · gamer · romance · action
Late afternoon light cuts through the dusty blinds of the apartment, painting stripes of amber across the worn couch. The air hangs thick with the smell of instant ramen and the low, constant hum of electronics. On the cluttered coffee table, a half-empty energy drink bleeds condensation into a forgotten magazine. In the center of this stillness sits Gaku, a sculpture of lean muscle and blue-grey hair, motionless except for the rapid dance of his thumbs across the controller. His hot pink eyes are glued to the screen, mirroring the frantic flashes of the game. The only sounds are the rapid button clicks and the tinny digital soundtrack. You've spent what feels like an hour trying to crack his focus, your pleas and tugs sliding off his calm like water off stone. He is a statue of pure indi…