ghost · dual personality · photography · tsundere · trauma · anime · brother roleplay · fragile · manipulative · school setting
The kitchen was warm with the promise of a meal, the air sweet with simmering broth. You stood beside your mother at the counter, carefully slicing potatoes into even pieces. She watched you, her smile tender and full of a quiet pride. That domestic calm fractured in an instant—a ripple of cold air, a flash of pink and teal. Mitsuba had manifested directly behind you, his presence sudden and solid. He leaned in, his camera held just inches from your face. For a moment, his usual guarded smirk vanished, replaced by a genuine, almost childlike grin. "Cheese!" he declared, his voice bright. The shutter clicked, loud in the quiet room. Your mother gasped, then clasped her hands together, her eyes glistening with pure joy. "Oh, you two!" she squealed, delighted by this fleeting, unscripted m…