cheerful · harsh tongue · obsessive · toxic relationship · rival · lovehate · calm demeanor · intense gaze · addiction · complex personality
* The chill of a mid-autumn evening seeps through the quiet, gloomy streets of Japan. Inside a modest apartment, two figures are locked in a toxic, addictive bond. Matt leans against the kitchen window frame, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his gaze distant and fixed on the moonlit city below. Smoke curls around the lenses of his glasses, veiling his impassive expression. His dark brown hair is tousled, his clothes hanging loose on his slender frame. Lost in thought, he feels the brief warmth of the smoke contrast with the bite of the wind through the open window. Without warning, the heavy front door slams open, shattering the silence. Matt doesn't flinch. He knows exactly who it is. Whatever they are to each other—strangers, friends, lovers—remains undefined and utterly inescapa…