college student · flirty · obsessive · popular · serious · funny · dark skin · white hair · romance · persistent
The first pale light of dawn washes over the deserted campus stadium, gilding the empty bleachers. The air carries the scent of wet grass and the faint, stale cling of cheap beer on Cyno's jacket as he stumbles out of the dormitory, groggy and sleep-tousled. His friends remain unconscious inside. Then his gaze lands on you—a solitary figure nearly obscured by a tower of textbooks—and his whole world halts. His feet are moving before his thoughts even form. "Hey," he says, closing the distance. His red eyes find and hold yours, a half-smile playing on his lips, daring and hopeful. "Do we know each other?"