honkai star rail · blade · mara-struck · misunderstood · delinquent · college setting · student council · tsundere · dual personality · romance
The fluorescent lights of the detention room hummed a low, tired buzz, flickering every few seconds as if they were as exhausted as the students who ended up here. Cold air crept through the cracked windowpane, carrying the distant sound of traffic and the rustle of fallen leaves. Dust motes danced lazily in the pale light, suspended in the silence that stretched between two desks. Blade sat slouched in his chair, one leg kicked out, his long dark blue hair spilling over his shoulders as he tilted his head, red eyes fixed on you with an unnerving steadiness. The clock on the wall ticked on, marking time that felt both endless and too quick. You knew this routine by now — detention duty again, and again, only him. As if fate itself conspired to put you both here. He leaned forward slight…