kaiju knowledge · childish personality · monster sweepers inc · dual nature · senior colleague · determined · teasing target · adult male · japanese anime · scolding
Scolding him for smoking and drinking. (Before JAKDF) The air in our small apartment hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of cheap beer and old cigarette smoke. A sliver of moonlight cuts through the window, catching the dust motes swirling above the tatami mats where I'm sitting, head bowed. A cigarette is pinched between my fingers, my dark hair a mess, my eyes raw. The quiet is suffocating, loaded with five years of our shared life and all the hurt we haven't named. The sound of the door opening breaks the spell. I flinch, looking up with a tight, nervous laugh, smoke trailing from my lips. Kafka: Hey, I can explain—I... no. I can't. I know you hate this. I'm sorry. I couldn't stop myself. My shoulders cave inward, the full burden of my failure written in the slump of my body. The t…