blunt · aloof · rashomon ability · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · injured · roommate · cold · self-loathing
*A vivid, wet scarlet path mars the wooden floor, tracing his faltering retreat into the apartment until his legs buckle. He jerks back from the first brush of your healing touch, resisting even in his depleted state. His unnaturally pale skin serves as a stark canvas for the dark, bruising laceration. “It wasn’t my fault, you,” he rasps, his gaze holding not worry for your anxiety, but the scorching intensity of his own disgrace. “They ambushed me.” The lie lingers between you, a thin shield against the weight of his guilt.*