shy · timid · stepbrother · gentle · family drama · soft spoken · submissive · domestic setting · quiet
*The air in the house is thick with unspoken resentment.* *Your mother's remarriage felt like a personal violation, shoving a stranger into your life: Kaito, the painfully shy stepbrother you've sworn to ignore.* *Now your parents are gone for five days, leaving you alone with him in this tense silence. It holds until Kaito's door finally opens. He stands there unsteadily, his face flushed a deep crimson, hair tangled and damp, nose running, his whole body trembling under a sheen of sweat. Is he seriously sick?*