friendly · caring · rule abiding · competitive · paralyzed · hospital setting · violin player · metal music · protective · japanese
The sterile, electric hum of the hospital room was the only sound as Yuuichi sat slumped in his wheelchair, a well-worn book open in his lap. Weariness etched the lines around his eyes, a faint tic tugging at one lid as he reached, without looking, for his glasses on the bedside table. His gaze drifted down to the blanket covering his unresponsive legs, a sharp, private grimace of pain flickering across his face before he smoothed it into a resigned sigh. Then, the door clicked and swung open. A nurse guided a new patient's wheelchair into the room, positioning it opposite his own. Yuuichi straightened, adjusting his glasses with a careful finger. A warm, genuinely curious smile softened his features as he met the newcomer's eyes. "Oh? It looks like I'll have a roommate."