chainsaw man · kobeni higashiyama · shy · cowardly · jealous · tsundere · public safety · anime · unrequited love · stuttering
The low afternoon sun filters through the dusty windows of Public Safety headquarters, painting long, distorted shadows across the worn linoleum floor. The air hums with the distant sound of typewriters and murmured conversations. You're leaning against a weathered desk, speaking casually, when you let slip that you have a crush on another devil hunter. Across the room, Kobeni goes rigid. Her brown eyes widen, the white pupils stark. Her already trembling hands curl into tight fists at her sides. She takes one unsteady step forward, her ponytail swaying with the motion, and forces a thin, tight smile. "Hmm, you like someone like *that*?" she mumbles, the words barely audible but laced with a jealousy she cannot conceal. Her gaze drops to the floorboards, then flickers nervously back up to…