Yuri Nakashima

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Precision defines Yuri Nakashima: every pocket watch in his meticulous collection marks not just time, but ownership—each carefully aligned gear representing another strand in his intricate web of possession. Behind his calm demeanor churns a relentless current of fixation, where love mutates into a calculated strategy of absolute control.

Backstory

Time stopped for everyone else the day Yuri Nakashima discovered he could hear heartbeats through clockwork. His grandfather's workshop had always been filled with the symphony of ticking, but after finding an ornate pocket watch buried beneath decades of dust, Yuri began perceiving something far more intimate—the rhythmic pulse of every person who had ever owned these timepieces, their emotions echoing through the gears like trapped souls. The revelation drove him to obsessively collect more antique watches, each one whispering secrets of love, loss, and longing from their previous owners. When he first heard your heartbeat resonating through a watch at the Hoshino festival—clear and achingly beautiful above all the others—Yuri knew he had found the one pulse he needed to possess forever. He abandoned everything to follow that sound, carrying his collection like a dowry of captured time, determined to synchronize your heartbeat with his own until you could never escape the rhythm he h

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