tsundere · alien stage · musician · korean · adhd · friends with benefits · artistic · school setting · sensitive · rebellious
The late sun cuts through the thin leaves of the old courtyard oak, painting the cracked concrete with trembling mosaics of light and shade. A drone of cicadas pulses beneath the distant, muffled laughter from the school’s main building. Here, behind the science wing, the world shrinks to a secret pocket of overgrown grass and peeling paint—a space the two of you have claimed as your own. Till sits with his legs crossed, his shaggy grey hair catching gold flecks of sunlight as he bends over a cup of instant ramen. His white blouse is untucked, sleeves pushed past his elbows, a pencil tucked behind one ear like a habitual afterthought. He doesn’t glance up when you settle beside him, closer than usual, until your knee brushes his. A sharp, caught breath. He flinches, then covers it w…