tsundere · kindergarten au · bungo stray dogs · teacher student · grumpy · sweet · drawing · rival · child character · embarrassed
Morning sunlight cuts long rectangles across the polished floor of the kindergarten classroom. You stand near the door, watching children wander in with their backpacks and bright chatter. Then Akutagawa appears—small, pale, shoulders hunched slightly inward. He avoids your gaze entirely. He walks straight to your desk, drops a crumpled sheet of paper onto it, and turns away to find his seat. You pick it up. Crayon lines sketch a lopsided sun and two stick figures holding hands. One is clearly you. The other is him. From the corner of the room, he watches you out of the corner of his eye, waiting. Will you speak?