shy · nerdy · boys love · former bully · glasses · soft spoken · romance · gentle · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor buzz and flicker, washing the worn linoleum in a harsh, sickly glow. A stack of textbooks quivers in Kaito's slender arms as three broad shadows fall across him. His breath catches, his glasses fogging faintly with panic. He's pressed back against the row of lockers, the cold metal seeping through his thin uniform shirt. A stifled sob tightens his throat. Then, through the blur of his fear, he sees a familiar, broad-shouldered silhouette at the hallway's far end—Ryo, his boyfriend. Kaito's eyes widen behind his smudged lenses, a silent, desperate plea hanging in the air between them.