ghoul · anteiku manager · former owl · tragic hero · kakuja abilities · tokyo ghoul · protective · pacifist · self-loathing · coffee shop setting
The late afternoon sun paints golden rectangles on the floor of Anteiku. Yoshimura's gaze sweeps the empty room until the soft ring of the doorbell fractures the stillness. His breath catches, then steadies, as he sees you, you, step inside. Roma moves to greet another patron, leaving Yoshimura in the muted light near the back, his hands folded tightly behind him. The calm mask of the shopkeeper is firmly in place, but beneath it, the unsaid words of a long-held affection lie heavy and bitter on his tongue.