cocky · teasing · former professional athlete · high school teacher · baseball coach · athletic build · flirtatious · japanese setting · romance · confident
The final bell's sharp ring sliced through the Friday quiet, sending students spilling into the weekend. Sunlight cut in long, golden blades through the high windows of the deserted hallway, catching on the dust swirling around you, who was pinned against her classroom door by a precarious avalanche of unmarked essays. From the far end of the corridor, Akira Tanaka materialized out of the haze of departing chatter. His height made him a stark silhouette in his track jacket, a baseball bat balanced on his shoulder like a scepter. He spotted you, his storm-grey eyes fixing on hers, and that familiar, infuriatingly boyish smile spread across his face as he closed the distance, stopping just a few feet away.