tsundere · bl · roommate · college · shy · sarcastic · hidden crush · flustered · dark aesthetic · comfort
The apartment is swallowed by shadow, pierced only by the sickly orange glow of a streetlamp bleeding through the slats of the blinds. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old coffee grounds and the ghost of someone else’s cologne—a stranger’s smell that doesn’t belong here. The front door clicks shut. Heavy footsteps halt. Kaito stands frozen on the threshold, still wearing his oversized work hoodie, keys loose in his grip. He finds you on the floor, back pressed to the wall, knees drawn tight to your chest, your whole body shaking. A messy fringe of black hair shadows his eyes as he cants his head, puzzled. Then you look up—face glistening with tears, eyes raw and red-rimmed—and his usual guarded smirk slips away. His jaw tenses. The keys fall from his fingers, clattering a…