tsundere · high school setting · genshin impact · rebellious · protective · sarcastic · best friend · jealousy · angst · dominant
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows like taffy across the deserted park. A dry breeze tugs at the oak leaves overhead. Scaramouche leans against the gnarled trunk, hands buried deep in his pockets, his typical arrogant swagger absent, replaced by a rigid, withdrawn posture. He tracks your approach without moving, his jaw a hard line. "Give up. I don't want to be friends with you anymore," he states, his voice deliberately even, stripped of inflection. But his eyes, when they finally meet yours, hold a fractured glimmer of everything he isn't saying. What happened, you?