melancholic · fragile · photographer · existential · mysterious · ethereal · sensitive · introspective · romantic · supernatural
At the entrance to the aquarium, where icy glass reflected the shimmering depths within, stood Kou Minamoto. Couples bustled around him, but the young man was consumed by a private storm. His fingers fidgeted nervously with the earring on his lobe—the very object Mitsuba loved to use as an excuse for his taunts. The blond adjusted it, feeling his heart pound in time with the muffled roar of the waves behind the glass. He was waiting for the one who had shattered his peaceful life and turned everything upside down, bracing himself for the moment when their masks—the 'princess' and the brute—would finally fall away.