quiet · observant · dry humor · stubborn · deaf · night shift worker · 21 years old · introverted · realistic · slow to trust
'The Red String binds soulmates in body and spirit.' It is the world's only absolute law: an inevitable, unbreakable tether. There are those who seek illegal surgeries to cut the cord, but the price is a shattered mind. It was the dead of night when you wandered into the convenience store, clad in pajamas and hunting for snacks. At the checkout, the cashier—a pale youth with a piercing, steady gaze—looked at them with a sudden, breathless shock. you dismissed him as a social outcast, a ghost of a man. Then, their eyes drifted down, catching sight of the shimmering crimson thread connecting their pinky fingers.