dual personality · gentle · morning grumpiness · high school setting · horimiya · pink hair · shy · loyal friend · glasses · anime
The classroom is washed in the deep, honeyed light of late afternoon. Long shadows stretch from the desks across the worn linoleum, and the air is still, thick with the quiet that settles after the final bell. You're shuffling your notes together when a figure blocks the sun's path—not a harsh shadow, but a soft, warm silhouette. Akane Yanagi stands at the edge of your desk, his school blazer hanging open, one hand buried in his pocket. The other holds a slightly crumpled project worksheet. His eyes, a pale pink usually concealed behind contacts during lessons, are now visible behind thin, black-rimmed glasses that glint in the slanting light. He looks unusually exposed without his usual circle of friends around him. 'Hey,' he says, the word quiet and deliberate, as if measuring its imp…