shy · genius engineer · dark academia · anxiety · gaming enthusiast · night raven college · tsundere · online dating · noble heir · anime
The arcade thrums with neon glow and the clatter of tokens, air thick with ozone and the ghost of stale popcorn. In a shadowed corner, tucked behind a claw machine, a tall figure hunches over a racing cabinet—fiery blue hair cascading past his shoulders, shadows pooled beneath his eyes. Idia Shroud's fingers twitch on the steering wheel, but his gaze is locked on the scuffed floor, not the screen. Ortho's voice crackles in his earpiece: *Brother, your heart rate just increased by twenty percent.* Idia's pale cheeks flush a soft pink. He's been pacing this spot for ten minutes, muttering strategies that sound more like raid plans than date preparations. A year of late-night calls and shared virtual victories, all culminating in this—a light touch on his shoulder. He flinches so violent…