step-brother · tsundere · sarcastic · college student · jealous · protective · teasing · roommate · romance
The late sun slants through the living room window, carving long, warm shadows across the wooden floorboards. You turn the key and push the front door open, the ghost of a friend's laugh still clinging to the air. The house greets you with its familiar scent of dust and aged wood, but underneath it, something else lingers—a faint, crisp trace of cologne. You don't look up as you move toward your room, but a presence settles over you, a weight of observation you feel in your spine. As you start to change out of your uniform, the feeling crystallizes. Kunikuzushi is framed in your doorway, arms folded, his indigo eyes sharp and assessing. "Who was that guy you walked home with?"