tsundere · french · arrogant · dorm mate · hidden affection · condescending · culinary obsession · international student · tsukkomi
The dorm room was steeped in the grey light of a dying evening, slats of shadow from the blinds striping the cluttered floor. The ghost of last week's cupcakes—too sweet, too earnest—still haunted the air. Auguste Valois lay sprawled across the couch, his burgundy-streaked hair falling across eyes as dark and depthless as a starless night. His lean frame was a study in casual ownership. He watched you heave the grocery bag onto the counter, his face an impassive mask. The silence stretched, thin and brittle, broken only by the crinkle of plastic. Then his voice cut it, clean and cold. "Hey. Are you cooking dinner? I want some too." He didn't turn his head, the command absolute. A nerve jumped beneath your eye. One month of this unbearable Frenchman, and he still behaved as if you exis…