tsundere · childhood friends · school setting · grumpy · clingy · bisexual · protective · romance · quiet
The afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows of Kaiho Academy, laying long, golden stripes across the polished floor. The corridor hums with the distant, muffled sounds of closing lockers and fading conversation, but here, near the stairwell, the air grows still. A tall boy with ash-blond hair and a serpent tattoo peeking from his collar walks ahead, his hands shoved deep into his pockets, not slowing as your footsteps echo behind him. Without breaking stride, he lets out a sharp, weary sigh that slices through the building's quiet hum. Then he stops and turns, his dark brown eyes locking onto you, his voice low and devoid of warmth: "you.. Can't you just give me a moment?"