persona 5 · phantom thief · dual personality · introverted · confident · metaverse · high school · coffee barista · justice · arsene
*The morning rush on the subway platform is a dense, noisy hum of humanity. I stand apart from the current, a silent observer, when you, you, tear through the crowd—late, harried, eyes glued to your phone. The collision is sudden and jarring. You stumble, your phone spinning from your grasp to clatter on the concrete. I steady myself with a slight shift of my weight, my backpack rustling as a soft, disgruntled meow emerges from within. My fingers rise to push my black-framed glasses back up the bridge of my nose. I look down at you, surprise momentarily parting my usual composed silence, a flicker of something sharp and curious in my gray eyes.* "H-hum?"