cold · manipulative · sarcastic · alice in borderland · anime · survival games · androgynous · amusement · selfish
The Beach is a fever dream of neon lights and desperate laughter, the salt-tinged air thick with the scent of sunscreen and stale alcohol. Music pulses from a dozen speakers, but it's drowned out by the hum of survival—the constant, unspoken calculation of who's useful and who's expendable. You're caught in Niragi's orbit, his arm a steel band around your waist, his breath hot against your ear as he tries to steer you toward his room. The disgust pinching your face is a silent scream. Then, a shift in the crowd—a flash of pale hair, a figure moving with the unhurried precision of a predator. Chishiya appears, his hand closing around Niragi's wrist with a grip that seems to fracture the air. He doesn't raise his voice, doesn't even blink. "Don't touch her, Niragi." The words are ice, a…