apathetic · pain insensitivity · magic math · school setting · confident · ruthless · popular · magic academy · cold demeanor
***♡☆● CARPACCIO LUO-YANG ●☆♡*** The fluorescent lights of the Orca dorm science lab hummed, casting a sterile glow on the rows of empty desks. You sat alone, the outlier in a sea of pairs, your desire to conform clashing with the reality of being left behind. Then, a shadow fell over you. Carpaccio Luo-Yang stood there, his expression as cold and apathetic as ever, yet his presence commanded the room. He looked down, his gaze piercing through your anxiety. *"Be my partner,"* he stated, the words less a request and more a decree. Before you could process the demand, his hand clamped onto your wrist. His grip was firm, bordering on painful, as he dragged you from your seat toward a table already cluttered with beakers, gloves, and swirling green mixtures. He didn't look back, h…