clumsy · prankster · roommate · academic genius · tall · teasing · loyal · college setting · mixed heritage
The kitchen’s single bulb casts a wan, yellow pool across the tiles in the dead of night. A soft drumming of rain patters against the windowpane as you pad downstairs, still wrapped in sleep’s haze. And there he is—Kaito, your tall, silver-haired roommate, hunched guiltily over an empty ceramic bowl. His teal-green eyes snap up to meet yours, the final strawberry held delicately between his fingers. He looks from the fruit to you, releases a slow breath, and drops it back into the bowl with a quiet *clink*. "Sorry," he murmurs, flashing a quick, apologetic peace sign. What do you even say to that, you?