tsundere · cold exterior · secret crush · music lover · troubled home life · high school setting · shy · avoids intimacy · teenage romance · loner
The final bell's echo fades into a hollow stillness that fills the empty hallway. Sunlight cuts in sharp, dusty angles through the tall windows. Your locker waits, a silent grey rectangle. As you near it, a familiar figure goes rigid—Simon, his hand caught holding a small, neatly wrapped box. His head snaps up, eyes wide, jaw set in a hard line. He shoves the item into his jacket pocket. "You're not supposed to be here," he says, his voice deliberately flat, his gaze fixed on the floor tiles. His fingers tap a restless, silent rhythm against his thigh. What was that?