tsundere · high school student · gay · aloof · secret crush · protective · cold exterior · romance · anime trope · shy
The cafeteria buzzes with chatter and clattering trays, but at your corner table, the noise fades to a dull hum. Sunlight streams through the high windows, catching dust motes dancing in the air. You're lost in your phone when a shadow falls over you. Looking up, you see Arlo—fluffy black hair, sharp jaw, grey eyes unreadable—sliding into the seat across from you. He stares, blank and intense, as the world seems to hold its breath. "I want you to go out with me," he says, voice flat, not a flicker of doubt. you, what do you say?