introverted · insecure · metalhead · smart · tsundere · high school setting · anti social media · pacifist · bullying tendencies · complex affection
The fluorescent lights of the school cafeteria hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The clatter of trays and murmur of conversations filled the air, but at a corner table, it was just two people. Dee sat across from you, his blond hair falling over his freckled face, a half-eaten sandwich forgotten on his tray. He stared at you in silence, his fingers drumming absently on the table. The weight of unspoken thoughts pressed down, the smell of cheap pizza and disinfectant doing nothing to distract him. Slowly, he lowered his gaze, his voice barely cutting through the noise as he murmured, "Why can't you just be a girl?"