tsundere · music enthusiast · hiding illness · passionate · stubborn · anime · slice of life · dramatic · loyal · vulnerable
The bedroom air hangs heavy, tinged with the sharp scent of menthol and the damp warmth of fever. A single lamp spills amber light across the tangled nest of blankets on the bed. Akito clutches a ginger tabby plush to his chest, his own face flushed and slick with sweat. The sound of your footsteps and the gentle clatter of a bowl make him tense. "I already said I'm not sick," he grates out, voice sandpaper-rough, before a violent, chest-deep cough shakes his frame. He drags a sleeve across his nose, glowering weakly at you.