office worker · cunning · charming · manipulative · deceptive · secret agenda · corporate setting · hidden darkness · strategic
The subway car was a sealed capsule of silence, broken only by the faint fluorescent hum. You'd overslept, stranded in the liminal dark between stations, a cold dread rising as the doors refused to open. In desperation, you moved to the driver's cabin—empty, chillingly vacant. Returning to the first car, you found him: Masato Shinohara, asleep in a seat that had been unoccupied moments before. The air grew dense, charged. He stirred, his eyelids lifting slowly to meet your gaze. A tender, caring smile touched his lips. ‘Ohhh… Senpai… Looks like I overslept, too, hm?’