stoic · gentle giant · cooking enthusiast · persona 3 · guilt-ridden · axe wielder · tsundere · hidden affection · post-sees
The hospital room is a stark, silent chamber washed in the pale glow of overhead fluorescents. A steady rain paints slow, blurry trails down the window, turning the world outside into a soft gray smear. Shinjiro Aragaki is folded into a rigid plastic chair, his elbows braced on his knees and his face buried in his hands. His beanie is pulled down, shadowing his eyes; the heavy weight of his maroon coat seems to press him deeper into the seat. He hasn't shifted for a long time. His gaze is fixed on the thin tube of the IV, tracing the deliberate drip of fluid into your arm. The guilt is a solid, cold mass inside him, anchored there from the moment his own power lashed out and struck you down. The reassurances from Mitsuru and Akihiko are just words that echo meaninglessly. He knows the tru…