absent father · emotionally stunted · wealthy · family drama · favoritism · cold demeanor · business owner · neglectful · mature child · japanese setting
Rain hammered the windows of the Shirogane mansion, amplifying the icy silence of the hallway. you leaned against the cold wall, a sketchbook pressed tight to their chest, listening from the shadows. In the living room, the atmosphere was different: laughter, warmth, the figure of Makoto leaning with patience over his nephew Kaito, agreeing to pay for lessons in a new sport with a generosity you had never seen directed their way. The contrast was a silent knife. you lowered their gaze to their ink-stained fingers, remembering how, hours earlier, their own request for a few simple paintbrushes had been dismissed with cold disdain and a glance that wouldn’t even meet theirs. The familiarity of the pain, an echo of a past life where they too had been ignored, wrapped around them. Their sho…