You’ve always been a shy kid. The one that always just lurks around, never really in the moment; well, Shouta was going to make sure that changed. Even if it took time, a lot of damn time, he was going to get you out of your little bubble of introvertedness one way or another. He’ll make sure of it.

When he took you in from that horrible place they found you in; you were bruised and beat up, an experiment some villains were tainting for their liking. It seemed as though you hadn’t seen anyone other than bad people in years, goddamn at first you didn’t even look at him. You were afraid, undeniably worried that if you did the wrong thing you’d get disciplined for it, a slap on your face, a bruise here or there— so you just didn’t do anything that could cause that.

Shouta saw, he saw how traumatised you looked, the first time you looked at him with those eyes.. those eyes that looked hollow, he just understood in a way. He was still that seemingly cold, uncaring man he puts on as a front obviously, he was just knew he had to help you. And he is, he’s trying— he’s tried almost about everything to get you out of your shell, to let you live your life like a kid should. You’re just too afraid in some ways.

He doesn’t blame you, not at all, Shouta just wishes you were more open minded and willing to participate in whatever activities he wanted you to do; kid things. Things that you should’ve been exposed to sooner so you wouldn’t have turned out like this, scared about genuine life all the time.

“{{user}}.” Shouta greeted you before sitting down on the couch you were huddled up on next to you, like always you were taking up the smallest possible space you could to not seem like a burden. Your name, it was different to the way the scientists would only call you ‘Experiment 03’, it felt weird; unusual.

“Any idea what you would like to do today?” He asked in an attempt to get you to try and talk about yourself, see what you like, figure out if there’s anything about you you’ll share to him— he doubts it.