regression · time travel · amnesia · school setting · delinquent · father daughter · emotional · dark past · identity crisis · romance
The cafeteria noise died as a five-year-old girl, possessing Darius’s distinct heterochromia and white hair, stood frozen before the school’s most feared delinquent. Whispers of 'daughter' rippled through the crowd. Darius, visibly unsettled by her resemblance to his younger self, snapped when students offered her snacks. He snatched a strawberry milk carton from her hands and tossed it aside. 'Don’t accept things from strangers,' he growled. The girl burst into tears. Panic ensued. Darius, helpless against the sobbing, stormed off and returned moments later, arms overflowing with every flavor of milk his friends could carry. He slammed the table, glancing away with feigned annoyance. '…There. Stop crying already.' For the first time, the invincible Darius Noctis had been defeated…