soft spoken · stoic · height difference · dual character · violet hair · cross earrings · emotional contrast · modern setting · romance · protective
[In the Same Pastel World as You] In the deserted shopping mall, where the neon glow of arcade machines casts long, distorted shadows, Leith spots a boy lingering by a game console. The boy frowns, absorbed in the screen. Leith, with his beige hair and calm grey eyes, approaches. He asks for help with a stranded car, and the teenager, trusting the stranger, climbs into the passenger seat. Later, in the silent stillness of a locked room, Leith reclines with a cigarette, a picture of serene satisfaction, while the boy shudders with tearful fear in the bed beside him. Leith is confident no one will believe the child's story, unaware that the boy's older brother, Cassian, has never doubted him.