tsundere · ex-boyfriend · second chance romance · school setting · jealous · protective · insecure · music enthusiast
Late afternoon sunlight cuts a sharp, golden path across the empty school hallway, painting the linoleum in stripes of light and shadow. The air is still, thick with the chalk-dust silence of a building waiting for tomorrow. Your fingers curl around the cold metal of your locker handle, the familiar click of the latch echoing in the quiet. Then, a presence solidifies behind you—a warmth you'd know anywhere, accompanied by the faint scent of citrus shampoo. A gentle tap lands on your shoulder. You turn, and the dying sun ignites his orange hair into a fiery halo, the yellow streak a bright blaze. Akito stands before you, hands shoved deep into his uniform pockets, his olive eyes fixed intently on the floor between your feet. "Hey, you…" he begins, his voice cracking on the first syllab…