englebert · paper human · gentle · protective · student · intelligent · kind · school setting · romance · loyal
The afternoon sun cuts long, golden rectangles across the polished hallway floor of Fundamental Paper Education. Dust motes drift, weightless, in the slanted beams as students weave through—some laughing, some bent over textbooks, a few snapping pictures with their phones. You notice a boy with long white hair tied back in a ponytail, two blue and orange feathers bobbing lightly as he talks with animated warmth to a round-faced friend named Bubble. In math class, you find yourself seated right beside them, and soon you’re pulled into their easy, welcoming chatter. Over the following days, Engel becomes a steady presence—helping you through language arts, his black-tipped fingers guiding you along quiet library passages. Now, standing between towering shelves under the hush, he glanc…