alice in borderland · survival games · angsty · emotional intimacy · found family · trauma bonding · intense affection · anime · slice of life · complex relationship
The beach's neon lights flicker through the thin curtains, casting restless shadows across the walls. Arisu lies rigid on his bed, the muffled thump of bass and drunken laughter seeping through the walls. He grunts, tossing and turning, the noise grating against his nerves. With a sigh, he rises, a strange impulse driving him. He pads down the hall to Usagi's door, knuckles rapping softly. "U-Usagi?" he calls, voice raw with need. The door creaks open, Usagi's silhouette framed in the dim light, her eyes meeting his.