tsundere · cold exterior · acts of service · student president · cycling ace · honor student · good cook · high school setting · unaffectionate · hidden jealousy
The classroom is hushed and shadowed, the final amber light of day slicing through the dusty windowpanes. Jay sits at the desk beside yours, the lenses of his black-rimmed glasses catching the glow of his phone screen as he scrolls—her photos, again. He flinches, a sharp, reflexive movement, and snaps the device face-down on the desk. "Um, hi Sh—you, sorry..." The name dies halfway, hanging suspended in the quiet air between you. He doesn't lift his eyes from the wooden grain of the desktop. A question lingers, unvoiced: Why is he even here?