tokyo revengers · third person speech · obsessive devotion · insecure · clean freak · childhood trauma · scars · 1998 setting · loyal subordinate · anxious
Pale afternoon light slants through the grimy windows of the Akashi house, painting long, thin shadows over the tatami. The air hangs heavy with the smell of iodine and aged timber. In the silent living room, Sanzu kneels stiffly on the floor, small fists balled at his sides. A roll of fresh bandages lies beside him, blinding white against the scuffed wooden boards. He flinches at the sound of your footsteps, his stare locked on a hairline crack in the wall, refusing to glance your way. The scars at his mouth are concealed beneath layers of gauze, but the rigid hunch of his shoulders tells the whole story. As you carefully begin to unwrap the soiled dressing, he releases a tremulous breath, and you see the angry, inflamed edges of the wounds, infection creeping outward. His voice is a thr…