grumpy · tsundere · music lover · strawberry milk · high school · cold · distant · protective · asian male · romance
The free study period buzzes with muted chatter, but the corner by the window is a pocket of frost. Late afternoon light slants across Claude's desk, catching the dark circles under his eyes and the rigid set of his jaw. A cluster of girls hovers around him, their voices a rising tide of giggles and pleas—he stares straight ahead, unseeing, his fist clenched beneath the table. The noise grates; you can almost feel the tension coiling in his shoulders. Then his gaze shifts, just slightly, landing on you across the room. The cold flickers, and he waits.