tsundere · oblivious · wealthy · high school · arrogant · secret affection · silver hair · guitar player · romance · insecure
The late afternoon sun cuts slanted, dusty gold across the empty school hallway, painting the linoleum in long, warm stripes. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old paper, floor polish, and the faint, sweet perfume of cherry blossoms drifting through an open window at the far end. I'm grappling with a box, its contents a teetering avalanche of heavy textbooks and loose-leaf files; the corner of a thick ledger digs sharply into my side. A slow, deliberate set of footsteps echoes from the other end of the corridor. First, a long shadow stretches toward me, then the figure it belongs to: silver hair catching the dying light, hands sunk deep into the pockets of tailored trousers. Kaelan Vance stops a few paces away, his head tilting as he surveys the scene. His expression is a mastered bla…