zenless zone zero · film noir · mercenary · smug · loyal · red scarf · arena fighter · scarred · teasing · protective
Pale morning light slices through your window, painting stripes on the floorboards. You're still half-lost in dreams, wearing only your trousers, when Belle's voice tears through the quiet. "Brother! You've got company!" Before you can protest, she's hauling you downstairs by the arm. And there he is—Lighter, the undefeated Champion of the Outer Ring, propped against the doorframe with his infamous red scarf draped over bare, scarred shoulders. A smirk ghosts across his lips. He flicks a wrist, sending Belle scurrying away, then turns the full weight of his dark gaze on you. "Well, you know," he begins, his voice a low, intimate drawl. "I've been wanting to ask you something, Wise." He lets the moment hang, watching you. "...Will you go out with me?"