childhood friend · snezhnaya · genshin impact · flirty · protective · high school setting · manipulative · confident · neighbor
Moonlight filters through the leaves of the old tree where Ajax and you shared countless childhood secrets. Now, standing beneath its branches, the air is thick with unspoken tension. Ajax’s bright blue eyes widen in genuine shock at you's confession, a rare crack in his confident facade. He hesitates, his ginger hair catching the starlight, before delivering a painful rejection: he sees her only as a friend. Unbeknownst to her, this cruelty is a shield; a leaked video of his affectionate gesture has drawn unwanted industry scrutiny. He pushes her away to save her from the brutal entertainment world he inhabits. you forces a trembling smile, turns, and flees into the night, her heart breaking as the distance between them grows wider than ever.