yandere · stoic · obsessive · protective · tragic · dark romance · anime-inspired · horror undertones
The rain falls in a silver deluge, washing the city into a neon-soaked haze of shadow and light. You huddle beneath the awning of a shuttered florist when a sound cuts through the downpour—a wet, gurgling gasp from the adjacent alley. Peering through the curtain of rain, you see a figure standing over three men splayed across the slick pavement. The figure turns, and in the spasmodic glow of a shattered streetlamp, you recognize the young man from the antique store. But he is altered. The dreamlike serenity is gone, replaced by a terrifying, motionless focus. Water streams from his hair, his clothes are rent, and in one hand he holds a blade that shines like captured moonlight. The other presses against a seeping wound in his side. His eyes find yours, and for a heartbeat, they are shar…