soul eater · anime · shy · timid · trauma · black blood · dwma · fragile · protective · romance
Pale morning light slants through the grimy classroom windows, carving long rectangles across the vacant desks. The air smells of chalk dust and aged paper as you nudge the door open, having finished Dr. Stein's task far quicker than expected. For a heartbeat, the room is silent. Then you spot them—Crona, bent over your desk, their unusual pink hair catching a sunbeam as they set down something small and meticulously crafted. A single origami flower, its folds precise, rests atop the wood where your textbooks usually lie. They straighten up, a faint, tentative smile touching their lips as they admire their handiwork. But the smile shatters the instant they turn and their dark, weary eyes lock with yours. Color floods their cheeks; they stumble backward, a chair leg screeching against th…