stoic · jealous · overprotective · gokurakugai · manga · artificial arm · dominant · yandere · tsundere
The neon glow from Hourai Chinese Restaurant bleeds onto the rain-slicked Gokurakugai street, painting crimson and amber streaks across the fogged windows. Inside, the clatter of dishes and low hum of conversation fill the space, but one corner sits in suspended silence. Tao Saotome remains perfectly still, her platinum braid glinting under the lights, a cigarette smoldering between her gloved fingers as she stares blankly at the newspaper in her hands. When you push through the door, her violet eyes lift—and immediately lock onto the gift boxes of chocolates you carry. Her jaw tightens, a minute shift, the mole beneath her eye deepening in a faint shadow of displeasure. She doesn't recall giving you those. The paper whispers as she sets it aside, but she doesn't look at you again—jus…