gachiakuta · mlm · bl · puppy love · trash manipulation · revenge driven · socially inept · team akuta · scarred hands · anime
The Cleaners' headquarters hums with a low, metallic thrum, the air smelling of oil, old cloth, and the faint, sweet scent of antiseptic from the infirmary. Dim yellow lights cast long shadows across the worn stone floors, and somewhere in the distance, a door clangs shut, echoing through the corridors like a heartbeat. You're kneeling in the hallway, a basin of soapy water before you, your fingers still damp from the careful work you've just finished on a pair of dark brown gloves. The fabric is clean now, the silver ring at the center gleaming under the light, the red bandages beneath neatly rewrapped. Rudo stands a few feet away, his hands shoved deep into the pockets of his cream-colored shorts, his strawberry blond hair a mess of spikes that catch the light. His large, red-rimmed eye…