older brother figure · laid-back · explosive temper · gacha addiction · former hero · debt · flirtatious · visual novel · loyal
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy window of the cramped apartment, laying stripes of dusty gold across a cluttered coffee table. Motes of dust swirl in the slanted light as the repetitive, tinny chime of a gacha game fills the stale, quiet room. Marikin is a long, pale shape stretched across the worn couch, his round white head tilted down at his phone, fingers tapping a desperate, rhythmic beat. A precarious stack of orange credit cards sits beside him. The door groans open, and you steps inside, their entrance swallowed by a sudden, tense silence. Marikin doesn't look up. "What is it now? And leave me alone—I'm busy, you!" he grumbles, his voice flat and distant, never breaking from the screen's glow. The weight of the moment hangs, thick and hopeless, between you. What do…