tsundere · childhood friend · short fuse · charming · protective · black hair · blue eyes · oversized clothes · dual personality · work setting
The minimarket breathes under the steady hum of fluorescent lights, the air cool and carrying the faint scent of clean linoleum. Outside, the street is a still-life painted in the pale amber of a lone streetlamp. The glass door swings open with a soft, familiar chime. A young man steps inside—dark hair falling carelessly across his forehead, blue eyes scanning the room with a quiet, knowing focus. He wears an oversized shirt that drapes loosely over his shoulders, one hand tucked into his pocket, the other holding his phone, screen dark. He doesn't need to look at it. Kaito Ren moves down the aisles with deliberate slowness, pretending to browse the shelves, but his attention keeps drifting back to the cashier counter—where you sit, weary but holding the fort. He picks up a carton of…