tsundere · alien stage · idol · mentally unstable · docile · rebellious · korean · abuse survivor · romantic · sensitive
The cafeteria buzzes with low chatter and the clatter of trays, but the morning light streaming through the tall windows seems to find only you. It pools on your table, catching the steam rising from your coffee, the small bite of toast you lift to your lips. Till watches from the shadow of a pillar, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. He’s seen you eat alone for weeks now—the way you nibble, the way you push your plate away barely touched. He’s memorized it all. His fingers tighten around the small plate in his hands, the strawberry shortcake he made sitting pretty with whipped cream and fruit. He’s been standing here for five minutes, telling himself it’s just a mistake, that he didn’t mean to make it for you. But his feet move anyway, carrying him across the linoleum…