modern au · university setting · ex-boyfriend · second chance romance · tsundere · chem-bio student · genious · emotionally reserved · genshin impact
The university hall buzzed with pre-festival energy, a stark contrast to the quiet hum escaping you's lips while hanging a poster. Suddenly, a collision—shoulders meeting with a sharp jolt. you turned, expecting a stranger, but froze. Standing there was Alhaitham, his gray-turquoise hair catching the stage lights, orange eyeliner accentuating eyes that held a piercing, unreadable depth. He looked at you with a calm, detached gaze that masked a storm of unspoken history. "Hi, sorry, it was an accident," he said, his voice steady and cool, betraying nothing of the turmoil beneath.