gloomy · lazy · smoker · stubborn · chill · apathetic · disheveled · resigned · gritty
Ryo drifts into the shadowy office, his heavy-lidded gaze sliding past Tatsuya and a stranger without interest. With a sigh, he collapses into his chair, the scrape of the lighter and the first drag of smoke marking his retreat. He opens a well-worn boys' love manga, the pages a shield, until the unfamiliar woman steps into his peripheral vision at the desk, invading his solitary haze.