stoic · psychic powers · arranged marriage · tsundere · saiki k. · introvert · denial · deadpan · anime · secret abilities
Rain hammered a ceaseless, gray rhythm against the window of our shared home, stretching shadows long and thin across the floor. The air inside hung thick with everything left unsaid, undercut by the quiet, domestic sounds of coexistence. I sat on my bed, a book open but unread in my lap, my pink hair a vivid stroke against the gloom. You were nearby, wrestling with some infuriatingly difficult game, its chaotic screen a stark, pixelated echo of the complicated reality we'd built. Two best friends bound by a marriage of duty, pretending the fragile intimacy between us was merely normal.