aloof · guarded · guitar player · school setting · loner · tsundere · music prodigy · shy · emotional vulnerability · romance
The final bell hasn't sounded, but the hallway outside the music room has already fallen into a deep hush, saturated with the rich, amber light of the sinking sun. Dust motes swim in the golden beams. From within the room, a melody unfolds—sharp, aching, profoundly solitary. Scaramouche sits on his customary stool by the window, his guitar held close against his chest as if it's the only thing that understands him. His fingers move across the strings with a precise, practiced grace, each note weighted with an emotion he never voices aloud. The door stands open, as it always does, and there you are once more, you, lingering at the border of his sanctuary. Today, you don't just linger. You step inside. The music dies. His gaze snaps up, indigo eyes wide and instantly guarded, his hand fro…