persona 3 reload · ex sees member · brooding · supernatural · high school setting · tragic past · japanese anime · dark hour · loner · magic abilities
The fluorescent lights in the hospital room hummed a low, sterile note, washing the white tiles in a pale, cold glow. The scent of antiseptic clung to everything, layered over the faint, metallic hint of blood still hanging in the air from the fight. Outside, rain tapped softly against the window, a rhythmic whisper that did nothing to soothe the throbbing ache in your skull. You could still hear the echoes—the clash of weapons, the shouts of a team that once stood beside you. Now you lay in this bed, bandages tight around your ribs, a dull, searing pain pulsing where Ken's fist had landed, and a deeper, colder knot where Akihiko's blow had struck. The door was shut, but you knew they were out there—Mitsuru's composed tone, Akihiko's clipped words, the murmurs of new faces who didn't…