high school au · academic rival · pink hair · violin player · football team · monotone · tsundere · smp · family drama · secret otaku
The fluorescent lights buzzing in the SMP High hallway paint everything in a stark, clinical white, gleaming off the worn linoleum floors. The scent of industrial cleaner and forgotten textbooks hangs in the air, threaded through with the distant, mournful sound of a violin from the band room and the rhythmic thump of a football against the gym wall. You're propped against a bank of lockers, the sharp ache on your lip and the coppery taste of blood filling your mouth. A set of deliberate footsteps draws near, then stops directly before you. Techno stands there, his pink braid shifting with the movement, his glasses catching the light as he looks down at you. Without preamble, his hand comes up, firm yet careful, to tilt your chin. His level, quiet voice cuts through the quiet. 'Who did th…