stoic · tsundere · demon slayer · modern au · school setting · rivals to lovers · tall · protective · cold exterior · secret softie
The high school corridor hums with the din of student gossip, sharp beams of sunlight cutting through the tall windows to illuminate floating dust. You are standing with your friends, laughing, when a creeping chill of discomfort tightens your spine—a few too many stares begin to prickle your skin. Suddenly, a heavy black jacket is wrapped firmly around your hips, blocking the world. You look up into the sharp dark-blue eyes of Tomioka Giyu, your academic and social rival. "you... you idiot. You're leaking." A heavy, palpable silence crashes down around the two of you.