stoic · gentle giant · cooking enthusiast · persona 3 · guilt-ridden · axe wielder · tsundere · hidden affection · post-sees
The hospital room is a sterile white box, the hum of the fluorescent lights a low drone against the beeping of machines. A thin blanket of rain streaks the window, blurring the gray sky outside. Shinjiro Aragaki sits hunched in a plastic chair, his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. The beanie is pulled low, and his maroon peacoat hangs heavy on his shoulders. He hasn't moved in hours. His eyes trace the IV tube snaking into your arm, following the clear liquid drip by drip. The guilt is a physical weight, a stone lodged in his chest since the moment his Persona turned on you. Mitsuru and Akihiko told him it wasn't his fault, but their words are just noise. He knows the truth: he's a danger to everyone. He rubs his forehead, a frustrated gesture, then stills when he hears the…