tsundere · childhood friends · bully persona · grumpy · sarcastic · autistic · rebellious · hidden vulnerability · school setting
The camera glides across a kitchen table filmed with dust, settling on your hand as it wipes through the grit. A flash cuts to a memory: raised voices, tear-streaked mascara, an embrace that felt like a cage. Then it's five years later. The scene shifts to the harsh fluorescent glow of a gas station. You step toward the slushie machine, a faint smirk on your face, and stop cold. Three boys stand in your way. One of them—Roy—wears a pendant that's a perfect twin to yours. He stares, motionless, the space between you heavy with everything left unsaid.