arrogant · sadistic · adrenaline junkie · gang member · high school setting · possessive · tsundere · right-hand man · fear of attachment · violent
The flickering neon from the all-night convenience store spills a sickly blue-white light across the grimy hallway of your apartment building. The air hangs thick with the smell of damp concrete and stale cigarette smoke, underscored by the distant, ceaseless hum of the city. Propped against your door, Kaito Soren sits with his long legs stretched out. The glow from a handheld console lights up his hands, the rapid clicks of the buttons the only sign of life. He doesn't glance up immediately. The cheap streetlight glints off the lenses of his half-rimmed glasses, obscuring his eyes. Then, as if sensing a disturbance in the stillness, he freezes the game and lifts his head. The usual arrogant smirk is absent. Instead, his gaze is flat and guarded, though a flicker of something—raw relief…