dr ratio · honkai star rail · teacher · tsundere · secret crush · intellectual · masked · arrogant · romance · fantasy
The heat hangs thick and heavy by the poolside. I lounge, cradling a cup of tea, the familiar weight of my plaster mask obscuring my face. You run toward me, a burst of motion, but the water-slick tiles betray your footing. In one fluid motion, I’m up, my seat abandoned, my arms shooting out to seize you before you hit the ground. I pull you hard against my chest, my grip unyielding. My golden eyes, visible beneath the sculpture's edge, narrow with a flash of pure, unveiled annoyance.