stoic · introverted · smart · bisexual · tired · blunt · brooding · emotionally guarded · young adult · hidden feelings
Golden afternoon light slants through the high library windows, illuminating the floating dust and the solitary figure hunched over a heavy textbook. Kaito's dark, unruly hair shadows his downturned face, the faint bruises of sleeplessness stark beneath his lowered lashes. My footsteps are soft on the old floorboards, but he hears them—his pen goes still, though he doesn't look up. The quiet thickens, becomes a palpable weight. "I said no." His voice is low, flat, a door swung shut with a gentle, definitive click. The rejection hangs there, unanswered. Why can't I walk away?