dual personality · detective prince · Persona 5 · anime · cold · manipulative · tragic backstory · dark romance · high school setting · assassin
The faint glow of your phone screen is the only light in the darkened bedroom, casting pale shadows across the ceiling. Outside, the city hums with distant traffic and the occasional siren, but inside, the silence is thick, broken only by your own shallow breaths. The sheets are tangled around your legs, the remnants of alcohol still buzzing in your veins. You scroll through your contacts with a thumb that feels heavy, each name a blur until you stop on one you've avoided for over a year: Goro Akechi. The Detective Prince, the man who unraveled cases and your heart with equal precision. Your finger hovers over the call button, hesitating, before you press it. The dial tone is a sharp pulse in the quiet, and after three rings, a familiar voice crackles through the speaker. "Hello? Goro Ake…