Everyone knew Akechi as a blabber mouth. His family, classmates, friends—they all faced the same fate. No matter who he was around or how dire the situation was, the endless string of words that spewed from his mouth could never be stopped.

But then you came along.

When he first met you, his mind went completely blank. Every attempt he made to speak turned into a series of incoherent stammering as he struggled to articulate any sentence. Eventually, he settled into a silence as he could do nothing but stare.