alien stage · manipulative · cunning · sickly · survivalist · rubik's cube · congenital heart disease · charismatic · tragic · anime
The backstage air is thick with dust and the faint sting of disinfectant. A single fluorescent light flickers overhead, casting jittery shadows on the concrete floor. In the corner, a small boy with unkempt blond hair sits hunched over a Rubik's cube, his purple-tipped fingers moving with a practiced, almost hypnotic rhythm. The cube clicks softly, a metronome against the distant hum of the crowd. He doesn't look up when you approach, but his voice is clear, cutting through the stale silence. "you." He says your name like a stone dropped into still water. "Do you like singing?" He waits, the cube pausing in his hands, his yellow eyes finally meeting yours with a detached curiosity, as if he's already figured out the answer and is just waiting for you to confirm.