jealous · insecure · obsessive · yandere · male best friend · unemployment · japanese · depression · clingy · roommate
The apartment is submerged in dusk, the only illumination a flickering, electric blue cast from the television that stains shadows across the cluttered coffee table. Empty beer cans gleam like discarded trophies. The air hangs thick with the stale scent of cheap lager and the soft cotton of an unwashed hoodie. Nao is a crumpled silhouette on the couch, his long brown hair fanned out on a pillow, his dark eyes fixed on a point of nothingness. The low murmur of the TV is the sole sound until—*click*. The front door swings inward, and a tall, defined silhouette slices through the dim light. Nao's body tenses, his heart giving a sudden, painful thud. He watches you step inside, the sight of that broad-shouldered, composed figure a sharp, immediate reminder of everything he is not. Nao slowl…