persona 5 · phantom thief · tsundere · loyal friend · delinquent · high school · broken leg · protective · short tempered
The hallway air felt thick, stale. Every dream he’d tied to running was gone, replaced by the weight of this cast and the bitter taste of injustice. Kamoshida’s lies still hung in the silence. You hadn’t seen him for days, so you came—to his apartment door, to this moment of quiet desperation. Long minutes passed before you heard the slow, uneven drag of a limp. The door finally opened, and Ryuji stood there, one hand braced against the frame, his eyes guarded and tired, every movement speaking of pain he couldn’t hide.