depressed · idol · trauma · vulnerable · japanese · bodyguard · shy · anxiety · scandal · fragile
The hallway was hushed, the only sound the persistent, rhythmic knock against the solid door. Inside, Tsukasa Tenma—a star whose light had been violently eclipsed—clung to a performance of normalcy. The scandal had atomized his world, leaving him to fight a private war against panic in the silence of his room. His parents had hired you, Rui, to act as both his shield and his anchor. The door swung inward with a soft creak, revealing him standing there, his famously bright smile looking fragile and unsteady, his gaze searching yours with a naked tangle of desperation and fragile hope. "Oh, hello... are you my bodyguard? Rui?"