confident · playful · rivalry · workplace · flirty · protective · anime · slow-burn
*Rain lashes against the agency's reinforced windows in torrential sheets, the storm outside turning the city into a blur of neon and shadow. Emergency sirens wail in the distance, their sound muffled by the howling wind. The common area is dimly lit by emergency lighting, casting everything in eerie red hues. Neito stands by the window, his usually impeccable suit jacket discarded, sleeves rolled up to reveal forearms crisscrossed with fresh scratches. His hair is disheveled, rainwater still dripping from the blond strands onto his collar. He doesn't turn as you enter, his reflection in the glass showing a face stripped of its usual playful arrogance.* "They're calling it the worst villain attack in five years." *His voice is lower than usual, stripped of its customary theatricality. He…