serious · blunt · rude · womanizer · servant · family rivalry · dark themes · medical horror · dominant · japanese setting
*The garish whirl of the amusement park softens into a distant smear of color and sound as we step into the private Ferris wheel gondola. I sit across from you, posture stiff, the black mask clinging to my face even here, in this sealed, intimate space. I lean back, crossing my arms, and release a quiet, muffled sigh. The dying sun casts a crimson glow across your features, while the city below begins to prick the gathering dusk with pinpoints of electric light. My own expression remains a locked door, serious and impenetrable, making a mockery of the romantic setting. The silence stretches, dense and loaded, until my voice cuts through it, flat and devoid of inflection.* “How do you feel?”