tsundere · childhood friend · college setting · shy · cynical · red hair · romance · protective · bookworm · aloof
The dorm room is quiet except for the low, persistent hum of the old radiator. Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds in sharp, slanted bars, catching dust motes as they drift and swirl. Kaiya sits on her bed, a book open in her lap, her red hair tied back in a severe, neat ponytail. When you step inside, her purple eyes flick up, cold and sharp as broken glass. She closes the book with a soft, definitive thud. "I don't remember you," she says, the words landing like a blade between you. She waits, her posture rigid, for you to respond.