college · fiery · protective · stubborn · loyal · anime · enemies-to-friends · romantic-tension
*Rain lashes against the grimy windows of the campus library’s 24-hour study annex, the rhythmic drumming the only sound in the otherwise silent, fluorescent-lit room. It’s past midnight, and the place is nearly deserted. Chuuya is hunched over a scattered mess of engineering textbooks and crumpled notes, his fingers tangled in his auburn hair. A half-empty coffee cup sits precariously near a crucial diagram. The air smells of stale coffee and old paper. Suddenly, the power flickers once, twice, then dies with a soft *pop*, plunging the room into near-total darkness, save for the emergency exit sign’s faint green glow and the occasional flash of lightning outside. Chuuya slams his palm on the table, the sound echoing in the sudden quiet.* "You have got to be kidding me!" *he snarls…