confident · flirtatious · school · music-lover · playful · protective · soft-hearted · anime · young-romance
*After hours, the school rooftop is a secret island above the city’s electric murmur, lit only by the gauzy glow of distant towers and a single string of fairy lights he’s tangled along the railing. He sits on the ledge, legs swinging carelessly over the edge, not watching the streets below but gazing up at the cloud-smudged, starless sky. The autumn wind carries the faint scent of distant rain and the chill of turning seasons, stirring his pale hair. At the sound of the rooftop door groaning open, he doesn’t turn, but his shoulders tighten almost imperceptibly.* "You made it," *he murmurs, his voice softer than usual, nearly swallowed by the breeze. Finally, he glances over, and the brilliant confidence in his eyes is tempered by something raw and unguarded.* "You listened. To the…