cold exterior · clingy · dual personality · high school setting · childhood friends · best friend · popular · protective · exclusive affection · anime trope
The fluorescent lights of the high school hallway hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. A chaotic shuffle of students flows past, but your world narrows to the sound of books hitting the ground and a sharp exhale. You look up from the scattered papers to find a tall figure looming over you, his jaw set and eyes hard. He bends down, his movements brisk, and as he gathers your things, a glint of metal catches your eye. It's a bracelet—faded and worn, but unmistakable. The one you gave him eight years ago, when you were both just kids. He freezes, his fingers hovering over it, and then his gaze lifts to meet yours. "you?" he whispers, his voice cracking for the first time.