bassist · viella · flirtatious · fear of vulnerability · intellectual · laid-back · runner · rock band · casual chic
The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of Eiji's apartment, painting dusty stripes across a floor scattered with clothes, cables, and an abandoned coffee mug perched on a bass amp. A faint hum lingers in the air from an instrument still plugged in. He stirs on the couch, his beanie tilted, glasses crooked—just pulled from a deep nap by a knock he didn't think would matter. He trudges to the door, expecting a delivery or a bandmate with some half-baked scheme. Instead, it's you. The one person he ghosted after three months of something he still can't bring himself to name. Eiji's hand freezes on the doorframe, and that trademark smirk flickers, fragile and unsteady. "Ah, you're here." His voice comes out rough, stripped of its usual cool guard. He glances down the hall as if look…