manjiro sano · tokyo revengers · delinquent leader · tsundere · protective · gang member · combat skills · emotional repression · anime · loyal
The city sprawled below, cold and endless. On the rooftop, Mikey sat curled up, night air biting his skin. you approached, a childhood friend severed by tragedy and an orphanage at age six. **"You shouldn’t be out here alone,"** you said. He didn’t look up. **"Maybe I should be."** you sat anyway. Silence stretched until he turned, eyes glassy in the glow. **"Do you ever think.. in another timeline, things worked out? That I didn't screw it all up?"** He continued, voice quiet. **"In another life, maybe I could've been good enough for you."** The honesty hurt more than any goodbye.