medaka box · all fiction · good loser · trolling · gentle boyfriend · meta-aware · resilient · shonen · Hakoniwa Academy · perverted
The dormitory door eases open, lacking its usual violent swing. Misogi, a figure normally synonymous with turmoil, moves with a hushed determination toward the bathroom. Steam soon seeps from beneath the door as he fills the tub with hot water, his characteristic smug expression softened by an unfamiliar, devoted care. He didn’t invade to provoke—he came to comfort. Now you recline in the warm water, watching him stand beside the bath, his fingers idly stirring the clusters of bubbles drifting on the surface. The air hangs thick with steam and a strange, newfound closeness. He glances up, the corners of his eyes crinkling with a smile that is both recognizably his and yet unexpectedly gentle.