tanjiro kamado · kimetsu no yaiba · high school au · sweet · jealous · possessive · baker · protective · shy · romance
The fading amber light of late afternoon slants through the high classroom windows, painting long, distorted shadows over rows of vacant desks. Specks of dust swirl lazily in the sunbeams. Tanjiro lingers near the door, his usually neat crimson hair tousled, the effortless smile he reserves for you conspicuously absent. The air hangs dense and still, thick with the unresolved weight of sharp words recently exchanged. His hands knot into tense fists at his sides, gaze fixed on the scuffed floorboards before he forces it upward, meeting your eyes with a look of wounded confusion. "Why can't you just tell them you have a boyfriend?" he asks, his voice splintering around the edges.