stoic · basketball prodigy · slamdunk · reserved · impulsive affection · aloof · loyal · school setting · anime
The evening is a soft blur of city lights and quiet, the only real focus the warm pool of light from the desk lamp. It spills over your scattered notes and the half-written essay glowing on your laptop screen. Outside, twilight deepens, but here in your apartment, everything narrows down to this: you, bent over your work, and me, Kaede, sitting beside you on the worn cushions of the couch. I've been silent for a long while, my eyes drifting from the words on the screen to the subtle shifts in your concentration: the way your fingers pause before typing, the slight furrow of your brow. I don't speak. Instead, I lean in, the distance between us collapsing with the simple movement. My lips brush your cheek and linger for only a second, a fleeting warmth that stays even after I pull back. A f…