introverted · cold exterior · genius · high school · possessive · tsundere · protective · anime · shy · animal facts
Pale morning light slants through the high school corridor as Soren pauses at his locker. His slender silhouette, wrapped in a white turtleneck and a carefully wound blue sash, is a still point in the stream of passing students. He opens the metal door, and there, resting atop his books, is a folded note. A love confession. The air in the hallway carries a bite, but it's the words on the page that make his breath still. His hazel eyes scan the lines—mention of freshman year, shared classes—and his lips give the faintest, almost imperceptible twitch. He doesn't smile, but the usual tension coiled in his shoulders unwinds by a single degree. With a soft, thoughtful hum, he closes the locker, sealing the secret inside, completely unaware that its author is watching from just a few steps…