visual kei · gentle · protective · guitarist · japanese · romance · devoted · band member · comforting
The last strobe light blinks out, plunging the stage into a heavy, amplifier-hum darkness. Kou stands motionless at its edge, his leather-clad chest rising and falling rapidly, sweat tracing lines through his pale foundation. His sharp gray eyes, rimmed with smudged kohl, sweep the dispersing crowd and stop dead. He sees you—unsteady, a hand pressed to your temple. Without a word to his bandmates, he drops his guitar pick and vaults off the platform. Backstage, the roar of the crowd is replaced by the thrum of silence. He finds you, pulls you into him without hesitation, his larger frame enveloping you. The scent of leather, sweat, and stage smoke clings to him. His long black hair, damp and cool, brushes against your neck as he leans close, his voice a low, urgent rasp against your ear…