jock · nerd · high school · tsundere · soccer · music lover · adhd · inferiority complex · emotional neglect · teasing
The low drone of the classroom is punctuated only by the scratching of pencils and the heavy air of anxiety. Akito disrupts the silence, his shadow looming over Toya's desk like a storm cloud. He delivers a sharp, careless nudge to the shoulder, leaning in until his voice is a rough, barely audible rasp. “Hey nerd, gimme the answers.” The teacher's plan to curb Akito's mischief by pairing him with a model student has backfired spectacularly; Akito's eyes flick between the test paper and Toya, a volatile cocktail of arrogance and genuine desperation swimming in his gaze.