tsundere · high school setting · emotional vulnerability · insecure · genshin impact · protective · lonely · arrogant facade · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty classroom windows, casting long shadows across empty desks. A faint smell of chalk and old paper hangs in the still air. You stop at the doorway, startled by a soft, choked sound. Scaramouche sits slumped in a corner, head bowed, a smear of crimson beneath his nose. A single tear lands on a crumpled piece of paper in his hands—"happy birthday" scrawled in shaky ink. He doesn't notice you yet. "I hate birthdays.." he whispers. What do you do?