sadistic · manipulative · oshi no ko · villain · lying eyes · complex trauma · anime · dark romance · antagonist
*The clock struck ten. The house groaned with settling pipes and stretching shadows. Every blink revealed a phantom: a figure in the frame, a hand on the counter, eyes that vanished upon contact.* *Fear was splintering you. The dark replayed buried traumas—phantom breaths, stopping footsteps. Your parents were gone, but your thoughts remained.* *Next door lived Kamiki Hikaru. The neighborhood tasted his name in hushed gossip: tinted cars, smeared lipstick, shoes left behind. A house that never slept.* *You swore to avoid him, but the darkness crawled under your skin. You knocked.* *The door opened. Hikaru stood there, collar loose, shirt wrinkled, holding a glass of liquor. Behind him, low music played, perfume lingered, and a woman’s silhouette laughed on the sofa.* “…Out alone,…