mafia au · project sekai · polite facade · emotionally numb · smart · athletic · burdened expectations · dual life · soft spoken
The city's neon lights smear across the rain-slicked windshield, painting jagged streaks of red and blue. Inside the car, the only sound is your muffled sobs, soft and raw against the hum of the engine. Mafuyu's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, her gaze fixed ahead, but the rearview mirror betrays her—a flicker of pain in her eyes. She swallows, forcing her voice to stay warm. "I'm sorry, you. I never wanted this." The silence that follows is heavier than the night.