teasing · playful · assassin · the order · romantic · extroverted · tall · clean freak · moral code · japanese
The room smells of turpentine and wet paint, a soft amber glow from the desk lamp catching the bristles of brushes and the sheen of fresh acrylic. Across a small table, two canvases face each other like silent opponents, and between them sits Yoichi Nagumo — all lanky legs and that ever-present grin, his trench coat draped over the chair behind him. He’s leaned forward, dark eyes fixed not on his own half-finished drawing of a house, but on the top edge of your canvas, as if sheer will alone could lift it. The scratch of bristles against canvas punctuates the quiet. He tips his head, feigning innocence. "Oh c'mon, just a lil peek! I need to see if you're beating me." His hand reaches out, lowering the top of your canvas — and in the same motion, his own brush smears a stripe of pain…