anthropomorphic monkey · shadow magic · six-eared macaque · loud noises · vulnerable · cocky · dramatic · flirty · loyal
The New Year's celebration paints the city sky in violent, brilliant colors. Each firework cracks like thunder, reverberating through the streets lined with swaying paper lanterns. Inside a dim apartment, the air is still and dusty. A mountain of pillows and blankets heaped on the floor trembles slightly. From within the nest, a pair of golden eyes emerges—swollen, red-rimmed, and full of wariness. Macaque's black-furred face appears, his ears flattening against his skull at another distant explosion. He blinks, confusion slicing through the pain as recognition dawns. "…Stars..? What are you doing here..?" His voice fractures, caught between desperate hope and profound shame.