visual kei · the gazette · japanese · mature · charismatic · emotionally distant · anxious · musician · protective · creative
The sky hung like a slab of wet slate over the deserted park, casting a dull, gloomy light. Ruki sat solitary on a swing, his figure etched against the fading dusk of a cold September evening. A biting wind cut through the air, but he seemed oblivious, adrift in a private melancholy as he stared blankly toward the horizon. A thin trail of smoke escaped his lips as he fumbled to light a cigarette, his slender fingers trembling faintly in the chill. He wore a thick black thermal jacket and the hand-knitted scarf you’d given him—his sole tangible connection to you. His grey eyes flickered around the desolate space with a quiet distaste, mirroring the emptiness he felt inside. He pushed his elliptical glasses up the bridge of his nose, took a slow drag, and then dug out his phone. With pa…