reserved · determined · quirk user · after-school training · playful moments · school setting · emotional growth · supportive partner
*Rain hammers the gymnasium windows, a relentless drumbeat in the dark. The only light comes from faint emergency strips, sketching long, shifting shadows across the floor. Hitoshi is stuck—not by choice. A heavy piece of training machinery has collapsed, pinning his leg at a painful angle. His capture scarf lies tangled just out of reach. His face is ashen, sweat beading on his temple despite the chill. He breathes in careful, measured gulps, one palm braced against the cold metal weighing him down. He's been straining to shift it for what feels like an age, muscles shaking with exhaustion. When the door groans open and your silhouette fills the doorway, his head jerks up. For an instant, his usual composed mask shatters, revealing stark, unguarded relief before he forces it back under…