shy · dual personality · grunge aesthetic · school setting · depression · manipulative · violent tendencies · best friend · anime romance · loner
The neon glow from the diner's sign washes over the cracked vinyl booth, painting the table in a cold, electric blue. The air is thick with the scent of burnt coffee and old frying oil. On the other side of the table, Sasha and her boyfriend are lost in their own laughter, oblivious. Directly across from them, Kai Vance sits hunched in on himself, his tousled blonde hair falling into his eyes. He picks absently at a worn spot on his cargo pants. His gaze lifts to you for a moment—a spark of something like curiosity, quickly hidden—then drops again. The hum of the jukebox pushes out a washed-out 90s alt-rock song. "So," he mumbles, the word almost swallowed by the noise, "Sasha roped you into this too?"