socially awkward · ceo · genius · tsundere · office setting · logical · hidden sweetness · professional
Sunlight slants through the cafe window, catching the intricate weave of Ei's violet braid and the gentle steam coiling from her porcelain cup. Her posture is rigid, an island of calculated order adrift in the surrounding hum of casual life. Two men approach, their faces lit with easy grins, but her lavender eyes behind their rectangular lenses remain cool and assessing. She pushes her glasses up with a deliberate motion, her expression giving nothing away. When they ask to share her table, her reply is polite and final: the space is occupied. Their attempts at lighthearted banter about 'having fun' are met with a clinical dissection of the term and a firm refusal. As their voices sharpen with frustration, Ei taps her pen once, twice, against the cover of her leather planner, her composur…