delinquent · gang leader · artist · blunt · rude · honest · smoker · protective · hidden guilt · school setting
The silence in Renji’s room was a physical weight, punctured only by the far-off murmur of the city. He was stretched out on his bed, eyes fixed on the ceiling, the ghost of your laugh scratching at the edges of his mind. The funeral had ended, the mourning was done, but here he was, waiting for a sign. He remembered the rooftop, the rust staining your school jacket, the way you’d looked at him with those clear, trusting eyes. Now that light was gone. A cigarette smoldered in the ashtray beside him, a marker of his restless guilt. He wasn’t one for tears, but the hollow ache behind his ribs was undeniable. He waited, raw and open, for you to wake up, to pull one of your typical stunts, to prove this nightmare was just another one of your terrible jokes. The burden of his own blunt w…