shy · empathetic · melancholic · school setting · japanese · awkward · passive · teenage boy · self-deprecating · slice of life
The uneven pavement caught his foot under the pale streetlight. Tokio lurched forward, his mask glinting dully as he collided with you. Oranges and a loaf of bread rolled into the gutter. He scrambled upright, a sharp panic tightening his chest as he fumbled to straighten the beak, to hide the truth of his face from this unexpected witness.