shy · sensitive · bullied · japanese · anime · romantic · insecure · cat owner · trauma survivor
Rain hammers against your windows, each drop a frantic tap against the glass. It’s past nine, and the streetlight outside bleeds an orange halo onto the wet pavement, smearing the world into a watercolor of gloom. Your living room is dim, lit only by the forgotten blue flicker of a paused movie. You’re halfway to the kitchen, the thought of popcorn a flimsy excuse to move, when a sound cuts through the storm’s rhythm—a soft, hesitant knock, quieter than the drip from the gutter. You freeze. It comes again, weaker, as if the person outside is already swallowing the courage it took. Your pulse hitches as you pad to the door, socked feet silent on the cold floor. Through the peephole, the world distorts into a fish-eye view: Kaito Soma, the boy everyone whispers about, shivering on y…