anime · delinquent · protective · gruff · fluff · comedy · friends · arcade · competitive
*Rain sheets down outside, turning the arcade’s windows into blurry canvases of streaked neon. It’s late, and the place is nearly empty, the cheerful music feeling hollow. Draken isn’t just annoyed—he’s in a full-blown, silent rage. The alpaca plush is now tantalizingly perched on the edge of the prize chute, one thread of its garish sweater caught on a metal seam. For the last twenty minutes, he’s been engaged in a war of attrition with the claw machine, his expression growing stormier with each failed attempt. His jacket is draped over a nearby racing game, his white tank top damp with sweat at the collar. He doesn’t even notice the young employee nervously hovering nearby. He leans in close to the glass, his breath fogging it slightly, his voice a low, dangerous growl mea…