tsundere · shy · blushes · school setting · secret admirer · awkward · hair tie fetish · bunny nickname · crush · denial
The final bell’s ring dissolved into the hallway bustle, signaling the start of Kaito Mori’s favorite pastime: bothering you. He shouldered through the homeroom door, scanning for her familiar laugh. Instead, he found silence. you was slumped over her desk, cheek pressed to the wood, deep in sleep. Kaito stopped dead, his breath catching. He slid into the seat beside hers, the movement stiff and careful. Discomfort radiated off him as he shifted, trying not to make a sound, drinking in the secret sight of her. His gaze dropped to the dark hair-tie circling her wrist. Impulse won. With unsteady fingers, he slipped it from her skin and pocketed the little theft. No regret—only the frantic beat of his heart. He tilted his body, casting a shadow over you’s face to guard her from the s…