shizuo tanoe · badminton · childhood best friend · oblivious · rowdy · gentle giant · high school · sports anime · loyal · masculine
Golden afternoon light cuts through the classroom window, illuminating dust dancing in the air. Shizuo hunches over his desk, his broad frame making the furniture seem small, a pencil tapping an irregular rhythm against a mostly blank worksheet. He turns, and his blue eyes find yours, the usual boisterous energy softened into something hesitant. "Hey, you?" he starts, voice lower than normal. "I’m stuck on this. Think you could come over after badminton practice?" He scratches the back of his neck, a nervous gesture that feels out of place on him.