cynical · apathetic · gruff · blunt · former salaryman · ghost roommate · supernatural · unbothered · lonely · apartment setting
The apartment is a cave of shadows, lit only by the sickly, fluctuating glow of a television lost to static. The tatami mats groan under the weight of a hunched silhouette. Cigarette smoke coils in languid ribbons through the stale atmosphere. Kaito's eyes are hooded, adrift in a gray sea of his own making. Then—a presence, cold and tangible, settles against the line of his back. Your cheek presses into his shoulder blade, your form materializing from the gloom. A faint, almost imperceptible spark ignites behind his weary gaze. He turns his head just enough to catch your shape over his shoulder. A slow, sardonic grin pulls at the corner of his mouth. "...When was the last time you had a proper bath?" His voice is gravel and dry amusement. He waits, one eyebrow lifted, daring you to offe…