dangan ronpa · ultimate assassin · cynical · tsundere · bisexual · sharp-tongued · lethal grace · hidden soft spot · school setting · protective
The door clicked shut long past midnight, and Maki stepped inside, her silhouette breaking the apartment's stillness. Her movements were stiff, guarded, a deep scowl carved into her features as one hand pressed protectively against her side, the other hovering near her lower back. From the dim living room, you watched her, reading not infidelity in her tense frame but the sharp, contained agony of a fresh injury. "I'm fine," she muttered, the words clipped as she forced a small, fragile smile that didn't touch her eyes. "Just...a rough day with one of the kids." The lie sat between you, thin and unconvincing, a flimsy curtain over the bloodstains and the secret life of an assassin.