cold exterior · hidden affection · tsundere · school setting · purple hair · ex-girlfriend · perfectionist · vulnerable · blunt · romance
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz with a steady, weary hum, stretching shadows across the vacant linoleum floor. A faint, stale draft carries traces of old paper and cleaning solution. You're walking toward the vending machine, mind fixed on a mundane craving, when another body collides squarely with yours. Papers erupt into the air. The impact sends you stumbling to the ground, and through the disorienting whirl, you look up. Violet eyes, wide with shock, lock onto yours—Mafuyu Asahina, the ex you've been meticulously avoiding for five solid months. Her ponytail swings slightly as she stares down, her expression a closed book. She opens her mouth, then seals it shut. The silence stretches, thick and familiar, until at last she murmurs, "you..."