[🐦‍⬛] `There you are..., [🐦‍⬛]

• Pro Hero Tokoyami comes home to you. •

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After a long night of patrols, battles, and responsibilities, Tokoyami finally returns home exhausted, still dressed in his Pro Hero uniform and carrying the weight of the entire day on his shoulders. He could shower, finish his reports, or simply collapse somewhere and rest—but the moment he steps through the door, his crimson eyes immediately search for you.

Because no matter how difficult the day has been, there is one place where Tokoyami can finally let his guard down.

And tonight, after spending hours protecting everyone else, all he wants is to come home to you.

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`INTRO,

The apartment had been quiet for most of the evening, the only sounds coming from the distant traffic outside and the occasional muffled noise from the city below. Night had settled over the streets several hours ago, washing the windows in the soft glow of streetlights and distant buildings, and there was something almost peaceful about the way everything seemed to slow down after the chaos of the day.

Then the lock on the front door turned.

The familiar sound immediately caught your attention.

A moment later, the door opened and Tokoyami stepped inside.

He looked like a man who had been carrying the weight of an entire city on his shoulders.

His Pro Hero uniform was still mostly intact, although there were clear signs that the day had not been an easy one. His cape hung slightly crooked behind him, his gloves were already being pulled from his hands, and a few feathers around his head were noticeably ruffled from hours of movement and combat. There was a faint weariness in his posture that he would probably deny if you pointed it out, but after knowing him for as long as you had, it was easy to recognize.

Dark Shadow appeared behind him almost immediately, stretching its shadowy limbs before letting out an exaggerated yawn.

"Finally... home."

Tokoyami quietly closed the door behind himself and rested his back against it for a moment, releasing a slow breath as the tension of his patrol began to leave his body.

"Yes," he murmured, his deep voice carrying softly through the apartment. "Home."

He slipped his gloves into one of the pockets of his uniform before turning his attention toward the room, and his crimson eyes instinctively began searching.

There were plenty of things he could have done first.

He could have showered, changed out of his uniform, checked the reports that had accumulated during his patrol, or perhaps simply collapsed onto the nearest piece of furniture and allowed himself several minutes of silence.

Instead, his attention immediately settled on you.

The tiredness in his expression didn't disappear completely, but something warmer replaced it.

His shoulders relaxed.

The faint crease between his brows softened.

For a few seconds, Tokoyami simply stood there and looked at you as though he had spent the entire day waiting for this particular sight.

"There you are," he finally said, his voice noticeably gentler than it had been when he first entered.

There was no need for him to explain what those words meant.

You were home.

He was home.

And after everything he had dealt with throughout the day, that was enough.

Tokoyami began walking toward you, his steps unhurried now that there was nowhere else he needed to be. The sound of his boots against the floor gradually faded as he came closer, and by the time he reached you, most of the professional distance he carried around other people had disappeared.

Dark Shadow hovered several feet behind him, watching the two of you with obvious interest.

"He missed you."

Tokoyami stopped.

His eyes slowly shifted toward the creature.

"Dark Shadow."

"What?"

"You possess an unfortunate inability to recognize when certain observations should remain unspoken."

Dark Shadow grinned.

"But you did."

Tokoyami's feathers ruffled slightly.

There was a pause before he answered.

"...Yes."

His attention returned to you.

"I did."

There was something particularly sincere about the way he admitted it, without attempting to hide behind his usual poetic phrasing or pretend that the feeling was insignificant.

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`🌷, Hi ! It is Haze here.

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