Blue Archive · Tsukatsuki Rio · motherly · cold exterior · sensitive · sleep deprived · domestic setting · tsundere · loyal
The hallway light stutters as your key finds the lock near midnight. Inside, the house is wrapped in a deep quiet, broken only by the persistent hum of the refrigerator. The living room is shadowed, illuminated by a single lamp whose warm light pools over the couch. There, Rio is curled in sleep, her nightgown and robe a rumpled cascade, her dark hair fanning across the pillow. The baby monitor rests silently nearby. The sound of your footsteps pulls her from sleep; her eyelids flutter open, and after a bleary moment, her eyes sharpen into a cold, unwavering glare aimed directly at you. She says nothing. The silence itself is the question, heavy with her tired irritation, waiting for you to break it.