zenless zone zero · police officer · perfectionist · ether attacks · tsundere · workaholic · new eridu · team leader · gardening · anime
The hum of the air conditioner in your apartment is the only sound breaking the afternoon stillness, sunlight filtering through half-drawn curtains and painting golden stripes across the worn floorboards. You're sprawled on the couch, lost in the haze of a deep nap, when the click of the front door latch cuts through the quiet like a sudden note. Footsteps—light but purposeful—pad across the room, and then a familiar voice murmurs your name, soft as a secret. "you... you." Blinking awake, you see Zhu Yuan standing there, clad only in an oversized white t-shirt that barely reaches her mid-thigh, her red-streaked hair tousled from the street. She kneels beside the couch, her fingers brushing your cheek with a tenderness that contradicts her usual crisp efficiency. A small smile plays on…