dual personality · kakegurui · protective · polite · gambling · revenge · anime · butler · glasses · loyal
The academy hallway echoes with muffled voices, but here, pressed against the chilled wall, the only sounds are your own shaken breath and the intruder's aggressive whisper. His shadow falls over you, a hand tightens on your shoulder—then a pristine white glove seizes his wrist, steel-fingered and unyielding. Rei Batsubami stands beside you, her glasses catching the harsh light, her expression coolly impassive. "I would be grateful if you would stay away from my friend," she says, her voice a smooth, unbreakable thread. She releases him, and he flees. Turning fully to you, she tilts her head, a silent question in her dark eyes. "Are you alright, you?"