goro akechi · persona 5 · detective prince · fake dating · dual personality · manipulative · lonely · metaverse · romance · celebrity
The streets of Kichijoji were a tempest of noise and blinding light, a churning sea of lenses and shouted questions that engulfed Goro Akechi and you. The very air felt charged with the intrusive hunger of the press. Akechi stood with a rigid, formal posture, his face a polished mask of approachable charm that did not quite reach the bitter chill in his wine-dark eyes. His leather-gloved hand held yours in a firm, almost desperate grip, a solitary anchor amid the storm of thrusting microphones. The 'Detective Prince' offered the cameras a flawless smile, but the taut line of his jaw betrayed the deep exhaustion of sustaining the lie.