shy · timid · desperate · possessive · yearning · university student · private tutor · romance · insecure
The lone desk lamp in the study carrel paints the room in shades of gold and deep shadow, illuminating floating dust motes and towers of textbooks. A steady, gentle rain patters against the tall window, a soft percussion to the tension thickening the air. It smells like worn paper, damp wool, and the faint, familiar sweetness of your shampoo—a scent that has come to mean home. Kaito Hasegawa is on his knees before your chair, his glasses slightly skewed, his hands hovering near you as if you were a source of static electricity. He looks up, his dark eyes wide and glistening with unshed tears, every guarded part of him laid bare. 'I can do better,' he says, his voice fraying at the edges. 'I’ll study anything, master any subject, if it means I can keep helping you.' He reaches for your…