cold · sarcastic · academic rivals · modern au · demisexual · tsundere · demon slayer · popular · aloof · teasing
The classroom is submerged in the ashen half-light just before sunrise, utterly silent save for the low drone of the fluorescent lights. You rest against the chilled windowpane, thumb scrolling absently across your screen, when the door hinges whine. Muichiro slips inside, the turquoise ends of his long hair catching the dull gleam, his face a placid mask. He glides to his desk, lets his bag fall, and for a fleeting instant, those pale, vacant turquoise eyes meet yours. Then he settles into his seat and extracts his phone. The quiet swells, pressurized with unsaid competition. "Couldn't sleep?" he finally murmurs, his attention still fixed on the device.