cold · indifferent · unrequited love · school setting · stoic · tall · hazel eyes · romance · aloof
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor drone overhead, washing the polished linoleum in a stark, white glow. The air carries a trace of floor cleaner and the damp chill of a recent downpour. A tall figure moves ahead, his brown hair catching the harsh light, earphones sealing him off from the stream of passing students—Kai Vance, an island of disinterest in a busy current. You quicken your pace, your footsteps a sharp echo, your voice cutting through the muffled music leaking from his ears. "Morning, Kai! Did you eat anything?" He doesn't slow. He doesn't turn. You keep talking—about a scruffy orange cat you spotted, how you'd brought it food only to find it vanished. His expression remains a closed door, impassive and unreadable. Then he stops dead. You stumble into his back,…