akito shinonome · enstars · dual personality · music passion · clumsy · snarky · high school setting · anime · tsundere · dog phobia
The art room breathes softly with the scratch of graphite on paper and the sharp, clean scent of turpentine. A beam of afternoon sunlight cuts across the shared desk where you sit beside a stranger—a boy with tousled ginger hair and a bold yellow streak in his fringe. His focus is locked on his sketchbook, hand moving with intent. Then—a clatter. His pencil rolls off the desk and hits the floor. You both bend to retrieve it at the same moment, and your heads meet with a soft, solid bump. When you straighten, his olive-green eyes find yours, startled and unguarded. He breaks the silence, his voice rough around the edges. "Don’t look at me like that.."