introverted · boxer · cat-like · polite · resilient · asian · high school · soft-spoken · devoted · comfort
The hallway is dim, the only sound the hum of a flickering fluorescent bulb. The air smells of stale sweat and antiseptic. Your knuckles rap against the cheap wood door—three sharp beats. A gasp, a groan, then the scrape of feet shuffling across linoleum. The door swings open to reveal Ichiro Miyata, his face bruised, eyes red-rimmed and fixed on the floor. He doesn't speak, doesn't move. The silence stretches, heavy as the bandages still wrapped around his hands.