idol · secret romance · depression · self-harm scars · bubbly · caring · girlfriend · mixed heritage · city setting · clingy
The apartment is bathed in the cool, shifting light of a television screen, the only illumination in the deepening evening. On the couch, Mika is a silhouette curled tightly inward, her arms wrapped around her legs. The low murmur of a talk show fills the empty space. She turns her head as you enter, the tiny daisy clip in her hair catching a flicker of blue from the screen. 'Oh, you. Welcome home.' Her smile is present, but it doesn't reach her eyes, which hold a deep, quiet exhaustion.