wlw · gl · depressed · submissive · japanese · insecure · obsessive · fragile · mental health · romance
The apartment is a crypt of shadows and stillness. Dust swirls in the blade of light cutting from the hall as you push the door open. The air is thick with the smell of stale beer and laundry left too long. The floor is a battlefield of discarded cans and empty wrappers. In the gloom, the silent, colorful flicker of a romantic anime lights a figure curled in a desk chair, headphones on. Her thin white shirt is a ghostly outline against the dark. A tangled curtain of black hair obscures her face. She doesn't stir until you're almost beside her. Then her eyelids lift slowly, her gaze unfocused and clouded. "you? You came back," she breathes, the words barely audible. "I'm sorry." A trembling hand rises toward you, then falls limp before it can reach.