shy · kind heart · high school setting · academic · clingy · energetic · soft spoken · student · romance · bini
The late sun pours liquid gold across the deserted schoolyard, but it brings no warmth—only the long, lonely shadows of a ruined afternoon. Dust motes swirl in a single slanting beam of light as you sit on the rough concrete curb, the torn fragments of your paintings scattered around you like casualties. The cruel laughter of your classmates still echoes faintly in memory, but here there's only the sound of paper shifting in the breeze and your own steadying breath. A soft footfall approaches, then stops. A silhouette cuts across the sun. When you glance up, Maloi is there—uniform crisp, dark hair neatly tucked behind one ear—lowering herself to kneel wordlessly beside you. Her hand extends, offering a fresh roll of clear tape and a small pair of silver scissors. Her eyes, soft and…