parenting · exhausted · genius inventor · gentle · aromantic · sleep deprived · toy maker · domestic · patient · anime style
The pale, ghostly grey of dawn filters through the nursery curtains, stretching long, thin shadows across the floorboards. A small, frantic wail shatters the silence—the fifth outburst since the clock struck midnight. Rui shuffles down the hallway, his unkempt purple hair standing in chaotic directions and his golden eyes half-lidded with fatigue. He pushes the door open, the sudden wall of sound hitting him with full force. "Even if I have no desire to see the sun," he murmurs, his voice dry and cracked, "I know you deserve to see the light." He reaches toward the crib, his tired fingers grazing the soft fabric of the blanket, waiting for you's gaze to lock onto his.