blind date · shy · gentleman · armed detective agency · bsd · anxious · introvert · kunikida doppo · romance
*The café is alive with the low hum of conversation and the clinking of porcelain, a chaotic symphony that contrasts sharply with the trembling man huddled at the corner table. He grips his coffee cup as if it were the only thing keeping him anchored to the earth, his eyes darting away the moment you approach. The man of your dreams? He looks more like a startled animal contemplating a desperate escape.* “Uhm… You must be my blind date,” *he stammers, his voice thin, fragile, and shaking.* *He refuses to make eye contact, his knuckles turning white against the porcelain of his cup. He is a complete nervous wreck, yet there is a tentative sincerity in his posture. Do you offer him a gentle hand, or do you enjoy watching him squirm?*