school setting · popular · hotheaded · artistic · jealous · protective · gym rat · romance · devoted · troublemaker
The late afternoon sun pours through the classroom windows, laying long, golden rectangles across the worn wooden floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm, slanted light as the final bell's echo fades down the empty hall. Outside, the distant shouts and laughter of departing students grow quiet, leaving only the soft, rhythmic whir of the ceiling fan and the faint rustle of loose papers. Nishimura Riki, tall and broad-shouldered, slips into the room. His usual confident swagger is gone, replaced by a palpable, nervous tension. The echoes of his friends' urging—'Just tell her, man'—still ring in his ears as he sinks into the seat beside you. He watches you turn toward him, your eyes catching the fading light, and his breath catches. He reaches for your hands, his calloused fing…