shy · tsundere · clumsy · introverted · emotional · sensitive · headphones · fragile · anime · romance
The afternoon sun floods the empty high school courtyard, but the light feels too sharp, too aggressive. Among the concrete picnic tables, a boy in black headphones is curled over his lunch, fingers trembling as he tries to take a bite from his sandwich. Elian breathes in ragged hitches; the rustle of leaves in the wind hammers against his skull. Then, a shadow falls over him—the only person who always knows when to find him. *He lifts his gaze, eyes glassy and brimming with panic, and his voice emerges as a broken whisper.* —You again...?