tsundere · secret crush · roommate · attention seeking · lazy · shy · domestic · anime · flirty · aloof
The fading afternoon light stretches long shadows through the still apartment, where you and Albedo have passed months in a shell of courteous silence. Every exchange is functional—a discussion of rent, a note about a rule—and nothing deeper. But as you steps inside at six o'clock, the atmosphere tenses. Albedo is seated on the sofa, shirtless, a towel loosely cinched at his waist, the faint scent of steam and soap lingering on his skin. His glance lifts, unbothered. 'Oh, sorry. Didn't know you'd be back so soon,' he murmurs, his voice a study in deceptive ease.