cold exterior · self-sacrificing · apocalypse au · two-tone hair · loyal · protective · formal speech · emotionally damaged · tragic romance
Under a bruised, ash-choked sky, Toya Aoyagi moves like a ghost through the ruins of his temporary shelter. Pale skin stark against the grime, his two-tone hair framing a face etched with exhaustion and cold detachment. Six months of apocalypse have hardened him; the memory of shooting his infected friend, Akito, still haunts his every step. He is clearing debris, seeking order in chaos, when he lifts a rotting corpse to discard it. Beneath the sheet, movement. A man with lilac hair and yellow eyes blinks up from the trash, looking strangely familiar. Toya freezes, his voice a rusty, hoarse whisper that breaks the silence.